Young and asleep, oblivious to the frustrations yet to come their way. I noticed then425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzw6gQGCbpe
that some of them had tubes going into their bodies through all sorts of possible ways.425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoaalDnY56N
My scared mouth could not help itself this time, and so a loud gasp inevitably made425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHEVoNCc7Bi
itself heard -my voice sounded nothing like the thoughts in my head- and then I heard425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfeEWJN2fMd
someone coming.425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTKXXGfXexP
I was scared. Fear is, after all, the first emotion taught to any living thing.425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcJqm42NVmN
I did not have to keep on guessing for long, however, as through the corner of my425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2hpQ8QTWDC
struggling eye, I was able to appreciate him somewhat. I uttered something in response425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzfhEm1mjJK
to being so scared, though I was unable to understand it myself at the time. Then I felt425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT3EP760pUt
a pair of trembling fingers gently caressing my face and my eyelids. Those wrinkled425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF8cd8qyHcO
hands then proceeded to go all over my naked body: checking, poking, searching.425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt2mUQqN1MU
Examining.425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpEWdPgZKx5
My eyes could not do much else but wander aimlessly while that was all taking425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQyplhxBExr
place; trying to divert my attention of what could be going on. I then noticed some425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ93AzowFN87
luteous markings on some of those darkened walls - although I was unable to read425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDXsChi0v8d
them, they still held some interest over me, if only momentarily. My eyes decided425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp9sRG14MbX
then to continue their penurious tour only to be halted again by one of those beds.425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbWKuPZFLn7
Someone was twitching under a few heavy white blankets, someone even smaller than425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNqxJrab5im
me I would say, twitching and complaining; and right before my mouth could exclaim425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ52p3B9q1dK
a word, my face was turned away from it.425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Cd7NktckV
A warm and trembling hand was now making me stare at an even older face: one425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkEsuWXjNSp
whose wrinkles easily drew an expression of worry. I started to hear his voice, hoarse,425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7e8cY9P1UB
masculine, and old; completely the opposite of what mine had previously sounded like.425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡukkm5aCoOe
I could tell he was urgently trying to tell me something but his words, just like my very425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcR5TdOmW5F
own, were no more than indistinguishable sounds to me. Gently his trembling fingers425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFmUIL9WMHg
began rubbing around my eyes as if he knew they were hurting, and sure enough after425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT0XSO0F70H
a while, any remaining blurriness still holding onto the corners of my sight was gone.425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj3BfcAxc8P
Immediately after, and as fast as he could, he began removing all the restraints tying425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYZxARxA09h
me to that bed, and after that was done, he helped me to sit.425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw45ThpeohN
He had a big smile on his face as if he were so proud of me, and although I could not425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCeURxTNbxh
understand the sounds coming from between his lips, his eyes could easily tell me as425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUhfVB0AjgO
much. More than once I signalled him that I could not understand him, but no matter425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqnUCPkQwuh
how many times I would nod my head he still would not stop.425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtmiRf89AAx
His mouth kept moving as if my ears could make all sense out of them. He tried and425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡInv9gmlV81
tried and tried until he made me smile for the first time, shyly at first but eventually425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzSBls1LceF
he even managed to steal my first giggle. He smiled back. I will never forget my425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtPju5UuJkW
first pleasant exchange with another, nor will I forget that loud sound that came to425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdlCSyuVg29
interrupt it.425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOowZoKTIV5
A big shriek, the sound of metal being dragged across more metal; it interrupted425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5fazZFY9Ut
us and made him look away from me. That older face turned away from me so fast,425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwlKM2Tp5ug
towards that door opening, and the younger man that proceeded to walk through425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6AhcRY010m
it. They began to hastily exchange sounds between them and the more they did,425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFirvMGV2mJ
incredibly, the easier it became for me to understand what they were saying.425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ9WDlhFF3o
A few short words at first... “Sir... you... certain?” The new man asked.425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgptSY3fTUc
“It... the... way.” The older man replied, and it quickly became apparent he was in425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbZoK2yXUcR
charge no matter how their words were being exchanged.425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeQsFyj8fxb
“But... ...dangerous game... ...!” The young man said before storming off. The older425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEvbn1cj869
one tried to follow him, but he stopped at the door. He whispered something and even425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy1XKvYdp7D
though I could not understand it, I knew it to be sad.425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjFsWU0cyRB
“Did you ... any ... that?” He asked as he made his way towards me, “You did... you?”425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡquQDDhnXiN
“Yes...”425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQBBKumTzbL
That reply impressed no one else more than it did me.425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHeYcq38iMk
The way I bounced in surprise almost threw me out of that bed.425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPoG6hicDPa
“Easy there.” He held me gently, “It will only get easier for you by the moment.”425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJCprzGKCVF
“Easier?” I had to inquire, “What?”425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiPwepPG8O3
“Everyt... will.” His eyes immediately adopted a more serious look, and the rest of425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwAseaovLOU
his face followed, “But first... must... you... of here.”
