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I then heard a big sound outside, we both did, one that made us shiver. It frightened228Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkkd64iv48X
me deeply and as much as I wished it to be just the one scare, it was not to be.228Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDw4xtEKg7L
“It has begun.” He confessed rather calmly as if he was already expecting it.228Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQrLtIj8tWj
Many more terrible sounds soon followed, screams and other noises of terror just228Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpUTbKEh6wR
outside that room, and as my eyes began rummaging in a most panicky manner, he228Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwLN88ALilU
placed his hands on my cheeks and stared right at me: “It’s alright.” He reassured me228Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5SJyuPqn8G
“This is intended, you understand? It is according to the plan.” He was staring at me228Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTSLYh0Mzk9
with deep concern, but there was no lie in his words.228Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ3ghkVS01s
“What is happening?” I reluctantly asked, “What is this place?” I felt like I was228Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpTC8PqDntR
finally able to understand myself for the most part, or at least most of my spoken228Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoa1DdkH1JV
words were now sounding just like my thoughts before I voiced them. “Please?”228Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ssgkDI5zk
I insisted ...228Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLxfyGZGcVN
“We don’t have much time for this,” Those hoarse words pushed through between228Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwtPfSB9p1L
nervous breaths, and it seemed I could now understand them without too much228Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡweVPi0oswF
impediment “but you have just been awakened ... or born, if you will.”228Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3CpGHzrj0M
“I don’t understand,” I begged for more as he turned his back to me to begin those228Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXRaljB8Ac5
rushed preparations, and when I was about to insist, he spoke to me some more.228Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkVYPfxVnzH
“You were born into this world - born, the word born, you already know the228Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7XoonaGcU0
meaning?”228Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCzK6K74JPL
“Yes ...”228Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWGtnnlA3O6
“Yes, of course, you do.” He responded with a smile before continuing, “Either way,228Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt4wVzDDc2F
you were born into it or perhaps brought here from another; not even I know for sure228Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbTNx7OypAv
which one applies more correctly. Not even after so many... Anyway, I know you are to228Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO4PttJjQeO
be charged with bearing most of this world’s responsibility.”228Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv74RBk8Dl7
“Charged?” I asked.228Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBDeVMf4FqW
“Yes charged, and by none other than yourself. But first, we need to get you out of228Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVz27emgjlJ
here. We must deliver you somewhere safe.” He stopped to look straight at me “I know228Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu8G9yQSNdP
you have so many questions, but it is imperative that you save them for later.”228Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqo6N9B7kbR
“You must put your trust in me, you understand? You must trust me and be patient.228Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLbdXRLZKp4
Time itself will tell you all that you might want to know right now and then some. Just228Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8gghSFlt9Y
wait.” He turned again to resume those rushed preparations; “I take it that it will not228Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡylJVIznCed
be long before I am the one turning to you for some answers. For now, just be patient228Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX5C91ZCNn5
and do what I ask of you.”228Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9TccysadC4
“What am I? How can I have learned this much already, and so fast?” I stopped for228Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCSRW7KKt8h
a moment, and then looked him in the eye: “And how can I know that is not normal?”228Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIlkooqwEUc
“Not a what, but a who.” He replied while turning away from me but still, likely228Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡab1hP1HeIM
against his wishes, I felt that those words were brought forth in a somewhat vague and228Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAZeqq73MeA
unassertive manner.228Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4vyPg2qWeU
“Who then...” I could not help but be distracted by all that was raging on just outside228Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHMvYVr9BqM
that room; the several noises rampaging all around, those constant screams escorted228Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsxeqGRauby
now by other gruesome sounds of violence. I tightly shut my eyes for a moment, in228Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhQnR46brAb
the hopes that somehow it would all go away, and then looked at him again. I found228Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK7X1RmijLW
comfort in that even if he himself seemed desperate to finish gathering all sorts of228Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn86vRlaR6H
things from those silvered tables, he too seemed afraid. “Who then?” I was so hoping228Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtyleSZwiMo
he would cave, if just for a moment, but no such luck.228Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3mc5yEiUL8
So, I just sat there, completely free from any physical bonds but with my feelings228Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKYMDQiMo67
still tying me to that bed. I remained still, watching him pack those last things with228Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDyUMYQSBJl
great haste: all sorts of papers and the tools to inscribe on them, some food, and a few228Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMHl0WfdOvb
other utensils too that I could not yet recognize.228Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeDwC3c9FFd
I felt so inclined to ask him again, but before I managed to assemble the required228Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEPNtOSJtfB
words, I got hit in the head, something fierce!228Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf1QiH8H8W3
A presentiment, a quick vision of a clap of thunder cutting through heavy rain and,228Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWfIAYPveZZ
amidst it all, some sort of airship struggling through it. Could that have been just a228Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3302MjvL8M
random trick of my imagination or the thunderclap of catastrophe? What was that?228Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Mj89TElAu
It felt so...228Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpR6blcaVwb
A premonition perhaps, or a distorted perception of my unknown present?228Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnxhFF89U4w
Surprised I looked at him only for my doubts to be met with a wry grin.
