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Young and asleep, oblivious to the frustrations yet to come their way. I noticed then352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlKIq1uOohd
that some of them had tubes going into their bodies through all sorts of possible ways.352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWCynUnEaXM
My scared mouth could not help itself this time, and so a loud gasp inevitably made352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeawJPmMgaY
itself heard -my voice sounded nothing like the thoughts in my head- and then I heard352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA1hIymNKDj
someone coming.352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7BUBp7awMT
I was scared. Fear is, after all, the first emotion taught to any living thing.352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJUUTt3063U
I did not have to keep on guessing for long, however, as through the corner of my352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHgzWDjiAG3
struggling eye, I was able to appreciate him somewhat. I uttered something in response352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaUQHsdU3QZ
to being so scared, though I was unable to understand it myself at the time. Then I felt352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOdDyogu1Nb
a pair of trembling fingers gently caressing my face and my eyelids. Those wrinkled352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzJjOnJs1J6
hands then proceeded to go all over my naked body: checking, poking, searching.352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx0z9Xie42B
Examining.352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhogt2egg9q
My eyes could not do much else but wander aimlessly while that was all taking352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMUVarPKJBB
place; trying to divert my attention of what could be going on. I then noticed some352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnnGqh5itTr
luteous markings on some of those darkened walls - although I was unable to read352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa40IB7Mnsq
them, they still held some interest over me, if only momentarily. My eyes decided352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4HeaDxwfsP
then to continue their penurious tour only to be halted again by one of those beds.352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWdXIFFaMai
Someone was twitching under a few heavy white blankets, someone even smaller than352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSuEYkMt0cz
me I would say, twitching and complaining; and right before my mouth could exclaim352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYkCkBvjh29
a word, my face was turned away from it.352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEO8RK5lzgZ
A warm and trembling hand was now making me stare at an even older face: one352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEby5ptoomj
whose wrinkles easily drew an expression of worry. I started to hear his voice, hoarse,352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjxKxc3a0zm
masculine, and old; completely the opposite of what mine had previously sounded like.352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2zkfNLhJeW
I could tell he was urgently trying to tell me something but his words, just like my very352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSatmYmejnh
own, were no more than indistinguishable sounds to me. Gently his trembling fingers352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo2jkTRfMIv
began rubbing around my eyes as if he knew they were hurting, and sure enough after352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ68MTLtfTBI
a while, any remaining blurriness still holding onto the corners of my sight was gone.352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfvj7SnFZob
Immediately after, and as fast as he could, he began removing all the restraints tying352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHsmrrHEKYu
me to that bed, and after that was done, he helped me to sit.352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡewCIboMiPI
He had a big smile on his face as if he were so proud of me, and although I could not352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6z3dwnEN2b
understand the sounds coming from between his lips, his eyes could easily tell me as352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡplud4I3rq7
much. More than once I signalled him that I could not understand him, but no matter352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYAFAoiRjdW
how many times I would nod my head he still would not stop.352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz44snhjwxk
His mouth kept moving as if my ears could make all sense out of them. He tried and352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1jKFc1xTe4
tried and tried until he made me smile for the first time, shyly at first but eventually352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6lMGaXoujO
he even managed to steal my first giggle. He smiled back. I will never forget my352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4pTXONoLoq
first pleasant exchange with another, nor will I forget that loud sound that came to352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZGzc4T7ZeQ
interrupt it.352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTPJEHRHEnC
A big shriek, the sound of metal being dragged across more metal; it interrupted352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfhpqNsAxeU
us and made him look away from me. That older face turned away from me so fast,352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpJvDZrv9Xv
towards that door opening, and the younger man that proceeded to walk through352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8lw7LBHLjE
it. They began to hastily exchange sounds between them and the more they did,352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ5pTOCFrWb
incredibly, the easier it became for me to understand what they were saying.352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5kAIAYLgpZ
A few short words at first... “Sir... you... certain?” The new man asked.352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbK1wgLyyK6
“It... the... way.” The older man replied, and it quickly became apparent he was in352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeq0P2nZII8
charge no matter how their words were being exchanged.352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFSzH1HCXsK
“But... ...dangerous game... ...!” The young man said before storming off. The older352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLn4ZcvCdwC
one tried to follow him, but he stopped at the door. He whispered something and even352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWE0VxGnMZn
though I could not understand it, I knew it to be sad.352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmGJSAXRbl7
“Did you ... any ... that?” He asked as he made his way towards me, “You did... you?”352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4xW1LMkfcP
“Yes...”352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtDNgtGsB2U
That reply impressed no one else more than it did me.352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjlxq2BYbpX
The way I bounced in surprise almost threw me out of that bed.352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Oifhbzp8G
“Easy there.” He held me gently, “It will only get easier for you by the moment.”352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDIjEyueO9w
“Easier?” I had to inquire, “What?”352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq37XXiQZxs
“Everyt... will.” His eyes immediately adopted a more serious look, and the rest of352Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRXSY9AxYqZ
his face followed, “But first... must... you... of here.”
