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I then heard a big sound outside, we both did, one that made us shiver. It frightened322Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXZOaYlaRyj
me deeply and as much as I wished it to be just the one scare, it was not to be.322Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkWB5qLSfgo
“It has begun.” He confessed rather calmly as if he was already expecting it.322Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAvc0L5heUa
Many more terrible sounds soon followed, screams and other noises of terror just322Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6JqPMGErW5
outside that room, and as my eyes began rummaging in a most panicky manner, he322Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7tLd2Z66AV
placed his hands on my cheeks and stared right at me: “It’s alright.” He reassured me322Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi1DLUXh7to
“This is intended, you understand? It is according to the plan.” He was staring at me322Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYO9vS1ZeH7
with deep concern, but there was no lie in his words.322Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG1vu3t2oIM
“What is happening?” I reluctantly asked, “What is this place?” I felt like I was322Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNbxi0OH4FJ
finally able to understand myself for the most part, or at least most of my spoken322Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkcS0MZgmnx
words were now sounding just like my thoughts before I voiced them. “Please?”322Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGGq1XSkMZq
I insisted ...322Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2vUdvGluYu
“We don’t have much time for this,” Those hoarse words pushed through between322Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrrJjokLywJ
nervous breaths, and it seemed I could now understand them without too much322Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmcxanU7iL8
impediment “but you have just been awakened ... or born, if you will.”322Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbRxcVgkj7E
“I don’t understand,” I begged for more as he turned his back to me to begin those322Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5P91WewEUS
rushed preparations, and when I was about to insist, he spoke to me some more.322Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeLA3k5wYwP
“You were born into this world - born, the word born, you already know the322Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPnamWu1U0Q
meaning?”322Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKAYoFQS7Gj
“Yes ...”322Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNX76qMmlNw
“Yes, of course, you do.” He responded with a smile before continuing, “Either way,322Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMNthIeNyL5
you were born into it or perhaps brought here from another; not even I know for sure322Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJb7G4854Wn
which one applies more correctly. Not even after so many... Anyway, I know you are to322Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw5asiEg6IA
be charged with bearing most of this world’s responsibility.”322Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBz6unJWBld
“Charged?” I asked.322Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhpl8ZCmssN
“Yes charged, and by none other than yourself. But first, we need to get you out of322Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡegscxilsL3
here. We must deliver you somewhere safe.” He stopped to look straight at me “I know322Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpuMBMRPrRY
you have so many questions, but it is imperative that you save them for later.”322Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ1ZgCC0soW
“You must put your trust in me, you understand? You must trust me and be patient.322Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjGveqgHt5b
Time itself will tell you all that you might want to know right now and then some. Just322Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhcJAddPQzU
wait.” He turned again to resume those rushed preparations; “I take it that it will not322Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡERvLNxrCrt
be long before I am the one turning to you for some answers. For now, just be patient322Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaNll9fzhTW
and do what I ask of you.”322Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQVRm7vzhN3
“What am I? How can I have learned this much already, and so fast?” I stopped for322Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPGzkvz6gzA
a moment, and then looked him in the eye: “And how can I know that is not normal?”322Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeCHeQvtqRl
“Not a what, but a who.” He replied while turning away from me but still, likely322Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQIDLsVkSXi
against his wishes, I felt that those words were brought forth in a somewhat vague and322Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyGEDfhwaWU
unassertive manner.322Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdMspVW1Hp9
“Who then...” I could not help but be distracted by all that was raging on just outside322Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhyZeaHGzfl
that room; the several noises rampaging all around, those constant screams escorted322Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIWo4rc9fKL
now by other gruesome sounds of violence. I tightly shut my eyes for a moment, in322Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeNET5nsA9G
the hopes that somehow it would all go away, and then looked at him again. I found322Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtmvvLV4rXR
comfort in that even if he himself seemed desperate to finish gathering all sorts of322Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlYOZE4UU9q
things from those silvered tables, he too seemed afraid. “Who then?” I was so hoping322Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKPNZPErGcT
he would cave, if just for a moment, but no such luck.322Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwJbDBoJ7Fd
So, I just sat there, completely free from any physical bonds but with my feelings322Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ71U5YZJGS9
still tying me to that bed. I remained still, watching him pack those last things with322Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8C7WItS7oP
great haste: all sorts of papers and the tools to inscribe on them, some food, and a few322Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdQssQMdYc9
other utensils too that I could not yet recognize.322Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNw41UwWjkv
I felt so inclined to ask him again, but before I managed to assemble the required322Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN1gS5nSp4P
words, I got hit in the head, something fierce!322Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2y7pVNOAkl
A presentiment, a quick vision of a clap of thunder cutting through heavy rain and,322Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd28lTjH6MQ
amidst it all, some sort of airship struggling through it. Could that have been just a322Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeAx72k7o0a
random trick of my imagination or the thunderclap of catastrophe? What was that?322Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv6XFWDQLdD
It felt so...322Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ6RJPnoJ2N
A premonition perhaps, or a distorted perception of my unknown present?322Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF2KlUweMa2
Surprised I looked at him only for my doubts to be met with a wry grin.
