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I then heard a big sound outside, we both did, one that made us shiver. It frightened386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ5W0oyrXem
me deeply and as much as I wished it to be just the one scare, it was not to be.386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBoRxIBDVVP
“It has begun.” He confessed rather calmly as if he was already expecting it.386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡURzoh4nGtR
Many more terrible sounds soon followed, screams and other noises of terror just386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGe6ItTTGYY
outside that room, and as my eyes began rummaging in a most panicky manner, he386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt55xCWavq9
placed his hands on my cheeks and stared right at me: “It’s alright.” He reassured me386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAAxTEO6Lee
“This is intended, you understand? It is according to the plan.” He was staring at me386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ZhuaOhZ7B
with deep concern, but there was no lie in his words.386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNOFm7vnb9U
“What is happening?” I reluctantly asked, “What is this place?” I felt like I was386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcFVg4b26do
finally able to understand myself for the most part, or at least most of my spoken386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWJdY91MBon
words were now sounding just like my thoughts before I voiced them. “Please?”386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNEAW8SGFhG
I insisted ...386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNYwT18Pr6B
“We don’t have much time for this,” Those hoarse words pushed through between386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNLHmQFd8mS
nervous breaths, and it seemed I could now understand them without too much386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMtz4pNZmUl
impediment “but you have just been awakened ... or born, if you will.”386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqDD2gTOVoE
“I don’t understand,” I begged for more as he turned his back to me to begin those386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiwzhMWQ4gA
rushed preparations, and when I was about to insist, he spoke to me some more.386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzZt0VCO0kP
“You were born into this world - born, the word born, you already know the386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvewFSA5aWK
meaning?”386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLCpycpvLxJ
“Yes ...”386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWpuMw3cyR5
“Yes, of course, you do.” He responded with a smile before continuing, “Either way,386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhidEv6WnPn
you were born into it or perhaps brought here from another; not even I know for sure386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv5wDjqUXMj
which one applies more correctly. Not even after so many... Anyway, I know you are to386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD3fK7Otss7
be charged with bearing most of this world’s responsibility.”386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5JBt3lk139
“Charged?” I asked.386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡee6cUSY972
“Yes charged, and by none other than yourself. But first, we need to get you out of386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUEZKdME1Cl
here. We must deliver you somewhere safe.” He stopped to look straight at me “I know386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqNXzknFh4f
you have so many questions, but it is imperative that you save them for later.”386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbOCfg77AhT
“You must put your trust in me, you understand? You must trust me and be patient.386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGQ1wylUEDN
Time itself will tell you all that you might want to know right now and then some. Just386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUfPw9f6xlx
wait.” He turned again to resume those rushed preparations; “I take it that it will not386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡALNNVCMOvw
be long before I am the one turning to you for some answers. For now, just be patient386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcqPf4Zbr5D
and do what I ask of you.”386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOZOgat15Sj
“What am I? How can I have learned this much already, and so fast?” I stopped for386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVfyneE0wXd
a moment, and then looked him in the eye: “And how can I know that is not normal?”386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJMLAHe6Ug8
“Not a what, but a who.” He replied while turning away from me but still, likely386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5hD8hUJkj2
against his wishes, I felt that those words were brought forth in a somewhat vague and386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8wzhLdICGd
unassertive manner.386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx6FpETcEQJ
“Who then...” I could not help but be distracted by all that was raging on just outside386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8IkIB7l6r3
that room; the several noises rampaging all around, those constant screams escorted386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA2rD7DfpAH
now by other gruesome sounds of violence. I tightly shut my eyes for a moment, in386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJtXaIGjHYE
the hopes that somehow it would all go away, and then looked at him again. I found386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsv3Vst22ow
comfort in that even if he himself seemed desperate to finish gathering all sorts of386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR2RmVeH7yg
things from those silvered tables, he too seemed afraid. “Who then?” I was so hoping386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2wr2xMtr8j
he would cave, if just for a moment, but no such luck.386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwA0XeeGS4M
So, I just sat there, completely free from any physical bonds but with my feelings386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXSmUUBpqGl
still tying me to that bed. I remained still, watching him pack those last things with386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡopPJOvmOdm
great haste: all sorts of papers and the tools to inscribe on them, some food, and a few386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ27eVZkxODo
other utensils too that I could not yet recognize.386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEsqH8UqAIu
I felt so inclined to ask him again, but before I managed to assemble the required386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgaTnkyRLvt
words, I got hit in the head, something fierce!386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNoxuaH3z5E
A presentiment, a quick vision of a clap of thunder cutting through heavy rain and,386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡviyn2Xna9v
amidst it all, some sort of airship struggling through it. Could that have been just a386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd2KUZIfsyh
random trick of my imagination or the thunderclap of catastrophe? What was that?386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPD0jHdjROh
It felt so...386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3SZyU1Sdas
A premonition perhaps, or a distorted perception of my unknown present?386Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYD0QjwGYVB
Surprised I looked at him only for my doubts to be met with a wry grin.
