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Young and asleep, oblivious to the frustrations yet to come their way. I noticed then395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcJFUDsWTpj
that some of them had tubes going into their bodies through all sorts of possible ways.395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw9WFd3Bw1z
My scared mouth could not help itself this time, and so a loud gasp inevitably made395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlhXvXyf6rG
itself heard -my voice sounded nothing like the thoughts in my head- and then I heard395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhF5MXbnP6j
someone coming.395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnayEJtElgD
I was scared. Fear is, after all, the first emotion taught to any living thing.395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG8crCdS6Np
I did not have to keep on guessing for long, however, as through the corner of my395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLzwvyF7ODK
struggling eye, I was able to appreciate him somewhat. I uttered something in response395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ55CBwhtGFq
to being so scared, though I was unable to understand it myself at the time. Then I felt395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi9l09ZLo5H
a pair of trembling fingers gently caressing my face and my eyelids. Those wrinkled395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXVdoljZOMh
hands then proceeded to go all over my naked body: checking, poking, searching.395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMGXNIbsxN2
Examining.395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQVxqU8lTe8
My eyes could not do much else but wander aimlessly while that was all taking395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjtC2RuWbU7
place; trying to divert my attention of what could be going on. I then noticed some395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9thdeqfbxD
luteous markings on some of those darkened walls - although I was unable to read395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZNyJooLDsO
them, they still held some interest over me, if only momentarily. My eyes decided395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5NcNuuE5VY
then to continue their penurious tour only to be halted again by one of those beds.395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg4EQwXEmck
Someone was twitching under a few heavy white blankets, someone even smaller than395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn2n1DCvna9
me I would say, twitching and complaining; and right before my mouth could exclaim395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZqsYwdF5UU
a word, my face was turned away from it.395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxbJeJ79WmK
A warm and trembling hand was now making me stare at an even older face: one395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpKDpgDxzSy
whose wrinkles easily drew an expression of worry. I started to hear his voice, hoarse,395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡER9IRfS4ul
masculine, and old; completely the opposite of what mine had previously sounded like.395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPJZI9v2rNu
I could tell he was urgently trying to tell me something but his words, just like my very395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXhINQ5Ygcr
own, were no more than indistinguishable sounds to me. Gently his trembling fingers395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJdi1P5OhF4
began rubbing around my eyes as if he knew they were hurting, and sure enough after395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0KzX07WYtD
a while, any remaining blurriness still holding onto the corners of my sight was gone.395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGKda8j3Lyb
Immediately after, and as fast as he could, he began removing all the restraints tying395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIMkKSox4s8
me to that bed, and after that was done, he helped me to sit.395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTy5GzbDQQM
He had a big smile on his face as if he were so proud of me, and although I could not395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ12Nnok9lEX
understand the sounds coming from between his lips, his eyes could easily tell me as395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLCnTfavLhh
much. More than once I signalled him that I could not understand him, but no matter395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbW76YBRolz
how many times I would nod my head he still would not stop.395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoWnmdTb33t
His mouth kept moving as if my ears could make all sense out of them. He tried and395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡay8hBW1kiu
tried and tried until he made me smile for the first time, shyly at first but eventually395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtdAN4mdoHy
he even managed to steal my first giggle. He smiled back. I will never forget my395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIV6SrEFw9n
first pleasant exchange with another, nor will I forget that loud sound that came to395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX3VJQhv9TR
interrupt it.395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmLlleS09Tq
A big shriek, the sound of metal being dragged across more metal; it interrupted395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyQCqoUitE5
us and made him look away from me. That older face turned away from me so fast,395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtzOKy42n3k
towards that door opening, and the younger man that proceeded to walk through395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw4yi0xdOyk
it. They began to hastily exchange sounds between them and the more they did,395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgCV2MnDcPL
incredibly, the easier it became for me to understand what they were saying.395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqnwlX4U3FI
A few short words at first... “Sir... you... certain?” The new man asked.395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpqtsaGladR
“It... the... way.” The older man replied, and it quickly became apparent he was in395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡALz0eCrEws
charge no matter how their words were being exchanged.395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8bXfZETk6R
“But... ...dangerous game... ...!” The young man said before storming off. The older395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY98wjzbIAn
one tried to follow him, but he stopped at the door. He whispered something and even395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc9GFin0f6I
though I could not understand it, I knew it to be sad.395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWOwVSmkLKq
“Did you ... any ... that?” He asked as he made his way towards me, “You did... you?”395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQSR31kgOZ8
“Yes...”395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd51eFcNMwc
That reply impressed no one else more than it did me.395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvbKaeRwCSN
The way I bounced in surprise almost threw me out of that bed.395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA8A6tx8KgL
“Easy there.” He held me gently, “It will only get easier for you by the moment.”395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIHRIMbgmlt
“Easier?” I had to inquire, “What?”395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE6exg1QDkg
“Everyt... will.” His eyes immediately adopted a more serious look, and the rest of395Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaZu4Ygmpp4
his face followed, “But first... must... you... of here.”
