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I then heard a big sound outside, we both did, one that made us shiver. It frightened278Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxLdIMtr049
me deeply and as much as I wished it to be just the one scare, it was not to be.278Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX4EuBNofFf
“It has begun.” He confessed rather calmly as if he was already expecting it.278Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2t2nEMlyIR
Many more terrible sounds soon followed, screams and other noises of terror just278Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡll2fxN6Crd
outside that room, and as my eyes began rummaging in a most panicky manner, he278Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMzGq60qQjU
placed his hands on my cheeks and stared right at me: “It’s alright.” He reassured me278Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt7fwOQOkoX
“This is intended, you understand? It is according to the plan.” He was staring at me278Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBnR2rA8xP4
with deep concern, but there was no lie in his words.278Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNl0Z4eqHQn
“What is happening?” I reluctantly asked, “What is this place?” I felt like I was278Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz9vjdHxalS
finally able to understand myself for the most part, or at least most of my spoken278Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKTGj9wIoVT
words were now sounding just like my thoughts before I voiced them. “Please?”278Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5BxgLbTIgY
I insisted ...278Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBtZiKSJRFI
“We don’t have much time for this,” Those hoarse words pushed through between278Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB8wGLtHrzb
nervous breaths, and it seemed I could now understand them without too much278Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNw3Sk4t8qp
impediment “but you have just been awakened ... or born, if you will.”278Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTvWCPfcG0c
“I don’t understand,” I begged for more as he turned his back to me to begin those278Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHRFQhqQxmX
rushed preparations, and when I was about to insist, he spoke to me some more.278Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5saekVCll3
“You were born into this world - born, the word born, you already know the278Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRwOkbieNHz
meaning?”278Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0C1u9Se7XE
“Yes ...”278Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡug3ivSkaZQ
“Yes, of course, you do.” He responded with a smile before continuing, “Either way,278Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc5w4WzRqYE
you were born into it or perhaps brought here from another; not even I know for sure278Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUTP5Syfvv2
which one applies more correctly. Not even after so many... Anyway, I know you are to278Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS6XulfNR0D
be charged with bearing most of this world’s responsibility.”278Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡphkuEyRdKY
“Charged?” I asked.278Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF6HpM4gwOD
“Yes charged, and by none other than yourself. But first, we need to get you out of278Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIXaur7NnYb
here. We must deliver you somewhere safe.” He stopped to look straight at me “I know278Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxNBrLPPYpe
you have so many questions, but it is imperative that you save them for later.”278Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡngYqOQ9Xtr
“You must put your trust in me, you understand? You must trust me and be patient.278Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6LkuT6VKVr
Time itself will tell you all that you might want to know right now and then some. Just278Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡruAOlL5Bfg
wait.” He turned again to resume those rushed preparations; “I take it that it will not278Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3yTddxZFMt
be long before I am the one turning to you for some answers. For now, just be patient278Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw2BNp6OXJB
and do what I ask of you.”278Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjz2uCfSQEU
“What am I? How can I have learned this much already, and so fast?” I stopped for278Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAQw1sDhJRR
a moment, and then looked him in the eye: “And how can I know that is not normal?”278Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyzelTF8RQA
“Not a what, but a who.” He replied while turning away from me but still, likely278Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9jgmMOP4QI
against his wishes, I felt that those words were brought forth in a somewhat vague and278Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ8VN5dCWwN
unassertive manner.278Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY0is2ZNbgk
“Who then...” I could not help but be distracted by all that was raging on just outside278Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoQsmIYxnu6
that room; the several noises rampaging all around, those constant screams escorted278Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0cc4VVyVJb
now by other gruesome sounds of violence. I tightly shut my eyes for a moment, in278Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtmwoVrQhYk
the hopes that somehow it would all go away, and then looked at him again. I found278Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvviUDkxWr1
comfort in that even if he himself seemed desperate to finish gathering all sorts of278Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeRRcW69TDF
things from those silvered tables, he too seemed afraid. “Who then?” I was so hoping278Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu1fxQ0MeMd
he would cave, if just for a moment, but no such luck.278Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPK9qIKzkD9
So, I just sat there, completely free from any physical bonds but with my feelings278Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1kMPp3QPHb
still tying me to that bed. I remained still, watching him pack those last things with278Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxjlxTp8GK1
great haste: all sorts of papers and the tools to inscribe on them, some food, and a few278Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOSZbnSm8mL
other utensils too that I could not yet recognize.278Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3NfwPSax8F
I felt so inclined to ask him again, but before I managed to assemble the required278Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2daxU2TY0f
words, I got hit in the head, something fierce!278Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZCxPA7nhUP
A presentiment, a quick vision of a clap of thunder cutting through heavy rain and,278Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnxDUm1GfMc
amidst it all, some sort of airship struggling through it. Could that have been just a278Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ZOZSeQ4PP
random trick of my imagination or the thunderclap of catastrophe? What was that?278Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0tjh4PLmsl
It felt so...278Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡslPacHcwrl
A premonition perhaps, or a distorted perception of my unknown present?278Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJJhOmq2bpp
Surprised I looked at him only for my doubts to be met with a wry grin.
