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Young and asleep, oblivious to the frustrations yet to come their way. I noticed then309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtrMjLcZEVB
that some of them had tubes going into their bodies through all sorts of possible ways.309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx7whvtMla8
My scared mouth could not help itself this time, and so a loud gasp inevitably made309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzEbzIj06HF
itself heard -my voice sounded nothing like the thoughts in my head- and then I heard309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbp1fHO0xtq
someone coming.309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV1V1iDtKOL
I was scared. Fear is, after all, the first emotion taught to any living thing.309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfTvkRyFpxT
I did not have to keep on guessing for long, however, as through the corner of my309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjCIoWKczGy
struggling eye, I was able to appreciate him somewhat. I uttered something in response309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1srtv9ZXZj
to being so scared, though I was unable to understand it myself at the time. Then I felt309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQr43ihn0jn
a pair of trembling fingers gently caressing my face and my eyelids. Those wrinkled309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZyf6VCsmxl
hands then proceeded to go all over my naked body: checking, poking, searching.309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZvmbVi1zlf
Examining.309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUfOZ5k83DU
My eyes could not do much else but wander aimlessly while that was all taking309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGqRCnRnTaX
place; trying to divert my attention of what could be going on. I then noticed some309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0yybPpmleU
luteous markings on some of those darkened walls - although I was unable to read309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU4ATW5SLuJ
them, they still held some interest over me, if only momentarily. My eyes decided309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9cRI7krisg
then to continue their penurious tour only to be halted again by one of those beds.309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy6HAUGfp1b
Someone was twitching under a few heavy white blankets, someone even smaller than309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgza7C8rZxM
me I would say, twitching and complaining; and right before my mouth could exclaim309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR9DlBjwT3Q
a word, my face was turned away from it.309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBSpmB4KWZx
A warm and trembling hand was now making me stare at an even older face: one309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ZN1OZ4MzO
whose wrinkles easily drew an expression of worry. I started to hear his voice, hoarse,309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFUV85Rfkm7
masculine, and old; completely the opposite of what mine had previously sounded like.309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY3gEomwwu2
I could tell he was urgently trying to tell me something but his words, just like my very309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeGpT7SsZ2F
own, were no more than indistinguishable sounds to me. Gently his trembling fingers309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfvjduNgpUq
began rubbing around my eyes as if he knew they were hurting, and sure enough after309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGsI1sNGyRm
a while, any remaining blurriness still holding onto the corners of my sight was gone.309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxxXm5cCZiN
Immediately after, and as fast as he could, he began removing all the restraints tying309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHxs4KsuoLE
me to that bed, and after that was done, he helped me to sit.309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3TBQ0Y9hjG
He had a big smile on his face as if he were so proud of me, and although I could not309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpzSeeCY7E9
understand the sounds coming from between his lips, his eyes could easily tell me as309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnYd4cQ3Sc2
much. More than once I signalled him that I could not understand him, but no matter309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRLLnge69AL
how many times I would nod my head he still would not stop.309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl0EpdMl7nv
His mouth kept moving as if my ears could make all sense out of them. He tried and309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡccFSXyLHXk
tried and tried until he made me smile for the first time, shyly at first but eventually309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ09xyWzbLAi
he even managed to steal my first giggle. He smiled back. I will never forget my309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUYjVi38TaN
first pleasant exchange with another, nor will I forget that loud sound that came to309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsNXceNm9CD
interrupt it.309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzPQgUvSVte
A big shriek, the sound of metal being dragged across more metal; it interrupted309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLXhEIFTNl1
us and made him look away from me. That older face turned away from me so fast,309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqUHvqfYo72
towards that door opening, and the younger man that proceeded to walk through309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVbR8Q5gG7t
it. They began to hastily exchange sounds between them and the more they did,309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX7BdHRSnVv
incredibly, the easier it became for me to understand what they were saying.309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFXK1IEA2fW
A few short words at first... “Sir... you... certain?” The new man asked.309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp0JebThIM3
“It... the... way.” The older man replied, and it quickly became apparent he was in309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxuwUY9VOdd
charge no matter how their words were being exchanged.309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcKdDamnlp7
“But... ...dangerous game... ...!” The young man said before storming off. The older309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Fxq46kO4C
one tried to follow him, but he stopped at the door. He whispered something and even309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWY3QL7KnKy
though I could not understand it, I knew it to be sad.309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7cJF2at0si
“Did you ... any ... that?” He asked as he made his way towards me, “You did... you?”309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpUrv6Zbh7K
“Yes...”309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGZ4oDDAEXg
That reply impressed no one else more than it did me.309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4nRUOdj7px
The way I bounced in surprise almost threw me out of that bed.309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd1jfm5Q08X
“Easy there.” He held me gently, “It will only get easier for you by the moment.”309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMhgX5UslXC
“Easier?” I had to inquire, “What?”309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtoznHBhKrf
“Everyt... will.” His eyes immediately adopted a more serious look, and the rest of309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ65K928fnDX
his face followed, “But first... must... you... of here.”
