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I then heard a big sound outside, we both did, one that made us shiver. It frightened195Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnqdBrxTdFk
me deeply and as much as I wished it to be just the one scare, it was not to be.195Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsZVoUAk86T
“It has begun.” He confessed rather calmly as if he was already expecting it.195Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLUsYnjOkPc
Many more terrible sounds soon followed, screams and other noises of terror just195Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpctyT2a20E
outside that room, and as my eyes began rummaging in a most panicky manner, he195Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBEEK0J3EuM
placed his hands on my cheeks and stared right at me: “It’s alright.” He reassured me195Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiBs8Ahuycj
“This is intended, you understand? It is according to the plan.” He was staring at me195Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMsDcYWihV5
with deep concern, but there was no lie in his words.195Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw2r7Vc8XAi
“What is happening?” I reluctantly asked, “What is this place?” I felt like I was195Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxZjjcSGd07
finally able to understand myself for the most part, or at least most of my spoken195Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpFK9JpUGDj
words were now sounding just like my thoughts before I voiced them. “Please?”195Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3DWBifAGV4
I insisted ...195Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8N5IYZcCNB
“We don’t have much time for this,” Those hoarse words pushed through between195Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnlsCPddUJy
nervous breaths, and it seemed I could now understand them without too much195Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFBfHtPhxLm
impediment “but you have just been awakened ... or born, if you will.”195Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxXNwJb2Ttj
“I don’t understand,” I begged for more as he turned his back to me to begin those195Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaoOSuWmifS
rushed preparations, and when I was about to insist, he spoke to me some more.195Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbX5lBNcleR
“You were born into this world - born, the word born, you already know the195Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4K3rj7jGKn
meaning?”195Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRyFfRBZXr0
“Yes ...”195Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBRDY4DNwiD
“Yes, of course, you do.” He responded with a smile before continuing, “Either way,195Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvW5AJLkHSv
you were born into it or perhaps brought here from another; not even I know for sure195Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvIWShEsYDW
which one applies more correctly. Not even after so many... Anyway, I know you are to195Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq8ZklSJlZX
be charged with bearing most of this world’s responsibility.”195Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Di1oqDTyK
“Charged?” I asked.195Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiyPQCkgE5i
“Yes charged, and by none other than yourself. But first, we need to get you out of195Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH3pDoHBIq7
here. We must deliver you somewhere safe.” He stopped to look straight at me “I know195Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ02fDekPUyE
you have so many questions, but it is imperative that you save them for later.”195Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLvCjk2sflC
“You must put your trust in me, you understand? You must trust me and be patient.195Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaheazAVHjs
Time itself will tell you all that you might want to know right now and then some. Just195Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfWsVpvDQ9I
wait.” He turned again to resume those rushed preparations; “I take it that it will not195Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc6ksHDBUMI
be long before I am the one turning to you for some answers. For now, just be patient195Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkDM06L5Fvv
and do what I ask of you.”195Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqWwLJaYA5g
“What am I? How can I have learned this much already, and so fast?” I stopped for195Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPjIr1ScpSg
a moment, and then looked him in the eye: “And how can I know that is not normal?”195Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgeXG0qmePu
“Not a what, but a who.” He replied while turning away from me but still, likely195Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK864qcWH5f
against his wishes, I felt that those words were brought forth in a somewhat vague and195Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ86f3eGotSd
unassertive manner.195Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7KEXpBLhKV
“Who then...” I could not help but be distracted by all that was raging on just outside195Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE3BMEyUFs6
that room; the several noises rampaging all around, those constant screams escorted195Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG21PI4hqIt
now by other gruesome sounds of violence. I tightly shut my eyes for a moment, in195Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAAK0SRC1Li
the hopes that somehow it would all go away, and then looked at him again. I found195Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0s1L49ZRpD
comfort in that even if he himself seemed desperate to finish gathering all sorts of195Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTys8RGOyVj
things from those silvered tables, he too seemed afraid. “Who then?” I was so hoping195Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbayPzJ3nPq
he would cave, if just for a moment, but no such luck.195Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhqxItDidcq
So, I just sat there, completely free from any physical bonds but with my feelings195Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDyQtJ4UNQc
still tying me to that bed. I remained still, watching him pack those last things with195Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzHIqqL4EoQ
great haste: all sorts of papers and the tools to inscribe on them, some food, and a few195Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYzb7up2YYh
other utensils too that I could not yet recognize.195Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡahU3yZrlL2
I felt so inclined to ask him again, but before I managed to assemble the required195Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ66ogaYjYE9
words, I got hit in the head, something fierce!195Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMkohkhzIek
A presentiment, a quick vision of a clap of thunder cutting through heavy rain and,195Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp5aG8GE2pP
amidst it all, some sort of airship struggling through it. Could that have been just a195Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGvQinalAzZ
random trick of my imagination or the thunderclap of catastrophe? What was that?195Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr9k0hfyi27
It felt so...195Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIrnzGLjihi
A premonition perhaps, or a distorted perception of my unknown present?195Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXTlkPfyxdS
Surprised I looked at him only for my doubts to be met with a wry grin.
