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I then heard a big sound outside, we both did, one that made us shiver. It frightened334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVQKzKzG41f
me deeply and as much as I wished it to be just the one scare, it was not to be.334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbcIlj1QOJg
“It has begun.” He confessed rather calmly as if he was already expecting it.334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAn7tit08jN
Many more terrible sounds soon followed, screams and other noises of terror just334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOTPu20mkSo
outside that room, and as my eyes began rummaging in a most panicky manner, he334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF9oSYkbKhU
placed his hands on my cheeks and stared right at me: “It’s alright.” He reassured me334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrfZ91Z64XD
“This is intended, you understand? It is according to the plan.” He was staring at me334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcK7O9PUCQV
with deep concern, but there was no lie in his words.334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyhj1E446vh
“What is happening?” I reluctantly asked, “What is this place?” I felt like I was334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkhO51oPBPy
finally able to understand myself for the most part, or at least most of my spoken334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6oU6IGdUwq
words were now sounding just like my thoughts before I voiced them. “Please?”334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxZ9UH1FI0x
I insisted ...334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXoPSiy2ZiI
“We don’t have much time for this,” Those hoarse words pushed through between334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjnKG3UMDIk
nervous breaths, and it seemed I could now understand them without too much334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmLwBZv1zfI
impediment “but you have just been awakened ... or born, if you will.”334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ75A8Zp5CNQ
“I don’t understand,” I begged for more as he turned his back to me to begin those334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrWsiNtom3j
rushed preparations, and when I was about to insist, he spoke to me some more.334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF93WFwK4Is
“You were born into this world - born, the word born, you already know the334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvBGYKqWg9C
meaning?”334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMD0vuCh4Pr
“Yes ...”334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡigGrYT3RCZ
“Yes, of course, you do.” He responded with a smile before continuing, “Either way,334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIhGxogxdi7
you were born into it or perhaps brought here from another; not even I know for sure334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrAhXssyfbW
which one applies more correctly. Not even after so many... Anyway, I know you are to334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrmZOFkzjY8
be charged with bearing most of this world’s responsibility.”334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKhv5eYw9aM
“Charged?” I asked.334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGJj5skg4f4
“Yes charged, and by none other than yourself. But first, we need to get you out of334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ61PHZhxfa1
here. We must deliver you somewhere safe.” He stopped to look straight at me “I know334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhjRId1FylV
you have so many questions, but it is imperative that you save them for later.”334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoDXWybZmgc
“You must put your trust in me, you understand? You must trust me and be patient.334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd9YClNTcI7
Time itself will tell you all that you might want to know right now and then some. Just334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT9nDnbAqEt
wait.” He turned again to resume those rushed preparations; “I take it that it will not334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYoSIrzsVns
be long before I am the one turning to you for some answers. For now, just be patient334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB0nlbo3ME9
and do what I ask of you.”334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOh3C22quhr
“What am I? How can I have learned this much already, and so fast?” I stopped for334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX12ysp9rBA
a moment, and then looked him in the eye: “And how can I know that is not normal?”334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡocK2834LRe
“Not a what, but a who.” He replied while turning away from me but still, likely334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhq7CQPUqsI
against his wishes, I felt that those words were brought forth in a somewhat vague and334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2siCCptYua
unassertive manner.334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNSL5rxsJns
“Who then...” I could not help but be distracted by all that was raging on just outside334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh31LQcylsS
that room; the several noises rampaging all around, those constant screams escorted334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC6zJMnSRXj
now by other gruesome sounds of violence. I tightly shut my eyes for a moment, in334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt0U8PqvjjQ
the hopes that somehow it would all go away, and then looked at him again. I found334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡivm5fJDW64
comfort in that even if he himself seemed desperate to finish gathering all sorts of334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK5FEekbvMU
things from those silvered tables, he too seemed afraid. “Who then?” I was so hoping334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMU9Om8XriE
he would cave, if just for a moment, but no such luck.334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHaa1fRspRL
So, I just sat there, completely free from any physical bonds but with my feelings334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Z6gGtZTNQ
still tying me to that bed. I remained still, watching him pack those last things with334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc5JX6ZLldh
great haste: all sorts of papers and the tools to inscribe on them, some food, and a few334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ22dUzxYtlL
other utensils too that I could not yet recognize.334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9hjHqlZ3YA
I felt so inclined to ask him again, but before I managed to assemble the required334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBzDda9RFdZ
words, I got hit in the head, something fierce!334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqbVLBBQRn9
A presentiment, a quick vision of a clap of thunder cutting through heavy rain and,334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSJv62A0ItD
amidst it all, some sort of airship struggling through it. Could that have been just a334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqAucvqBRKI
random trick of my imagination or the thunderclap of catastrophe? What was that?334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKjuD18a9wG
It felt so...334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0jmcgQxbgn
A premonition perhaps, or a distorted perception of my unknown present?334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgs0J4NBK3d
Surprised I looked at him only for my doubts to be met with a wry grin.
