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Young and asleep, oblivious to the frustrations yet to come their way. I noticed then373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLZ2zkCxdpa
that some of them had tubes going into their bodies through all sorts of possible ways.373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVIdgi8R2d1
My scared mouth could not help itself this time, and so a loud gasp inevitably made373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ78bLifIOwF
itself heard -my voice sounded nothing like the thoughts in my head- and then I heard373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtyZDAlCh9P
someone coming.373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnFlb5Yz4WK
I was scared. Fear is, after all, the first emotion taught to any living thing.373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwJEQLYMySn
I did not have to keep on guessing for long, however, as through the corner of my373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzbn27YxDxc
struggling eye, I was able to appreciate him somewhat. I uttered something in response373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCg4Ac5aKh5
to being so scared, though I was unable to understand it myself at the time. Then I felt373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8USRQrteXA
a pair of trembling fingers gently caressing my face and my eyelids. Those wrinkled373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx3Ze5Dq6oL
hands then proceeded to go all over my naked body: checking, poking, searching.373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAdr4wSYBZN
Examining.373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0zJvf8HokT
My eyes could not do much else but wander aimlessly while that was all taking373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSZoY07gFgX
place; trying to divert my attention of what could be going on. I then noticed some373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2g1ABQ6A4X
luteous markings on some of those darkened walls - although I was unable to read373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGsCN3YIHH0
them, they still held some interest over me, if only momentarily. My eyes decided373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVJsw9ipJUF
then to continue their penurious tour only to be halted again by one of those beds.373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfRtyefGpZx
Someone was twitching under a few heavy white blankets, someone even smaller than373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwxseWWWCje
me I would say, twitching and complaining; and right before my mouth could exclaim373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv8vIDBcwBl
a word, my face was turned away from it.373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVt3Zh6PyGc
A warm and trembling hand was now making me stare at an even older face: one373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn9kw4JMqnS
whose wrinkles easily drew an expression of worry. I started to hear his voice, hoarse,373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbFUS6z5iGn
masculine, and old; completely the opposite of what mine had previously sounded like.373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbsQsCi1AFT
I could tell he was urgently trying to tell me something but his words, just like my very373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKmTPpcle1g
own, were no more than indistinguishable sounds to me. Gently his trembling fingers373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmJr6KumW5A
began rubbing around my eyes as if he knew they were hurting, and sure enough after373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Y2Hnb7Jfe
a while, any remaining blurriness still holding onto the corners of my sight was gone.373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkezmWYFrFy
Immediately after, and as fast as he could, he began removing all the restraints tying373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1viuz1xKmc
me to that bed, and after that was done, he helped me to sit.373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgRJ4O9N7oX
He had a big smile on his face as if he were so proud of me, and although I could not373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7IFBeHrD8W
understand the sounds coming from between his lips, his eyes could easily tell me as373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1TXkVeLYCq
much. More than once I signalled him that I could not understand him, but no matter373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXbH8bdRrl4
how many times I would nod my head he still would not stop.373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzPQJmVD9Fx
His mouth kept moving as if my ears could make all sense out of them. He tried and373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhvU9Svbx0D
tried and tried until he made me smile for the first time, shyly at first but eventually373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd0IeAfzvTG
he even managed to steal my first giggle. He smiled back. I will never forget my373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVArw1a8Tn7
first pleasant exchange with another, nor will I forget that loud sound that came to373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEV0ayU8l5L
interrupt it.373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbHdFbzGweR
A big shriek, the sound of metal being dragged across more metal; it interrupted373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw0hNUZwy3P
us and made him look away from me. That older face turned away from me so fast,373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzL2PuBWvIA
towards that door opening, and the younger man that proceeded to walk through373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1rqOiMs4XE
it. They began to hastily exchange sounds between them and the more they did,373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6gACEL4H24
incredibly, the easier it became for me to understand what they were saying.373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCetGm57NJ9
A few short words at first... “Sir... you... certain?” The new man asked.373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsUzGk2EBOf
“It... the... way.” The older man replied, and it quickly became apparent he was in373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXHBLCc2w0t
charge no matter how their words were being exchanged.373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt3aClkvb5J
“But... ...dangerous game... ...!” The young man said before storming off. The older373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOMGADtT6dE
one tried to follow him, but he stopped at the door. He whispered something and even373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2OJK1RGz0q
though I could not understand it, I knew it to be sad.373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlSMKxzQFZu
“Did you ... any ... that?” He asked as he made his way towards me, “You did... you?”373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC2yJYMkzls
“Yes...”373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvNvuILNrUD
That reply impressed no one else more than it did me.373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxeOYYFAIsA
The way I bounced in surprise almost threw me out of that bed.373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM2h7vQZoeo
“Easy there.” He held me gently, “It will only get easier for you by the moment.”373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqv1MCGijvm
“Easier?” I had to inquire, “What?”373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuQXEyVl7Da
“Everyt... will.” His eyes immediately adopted a more serious look, and the rest of373Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ23xzHnxItz
his face followed, “But first... must... you... of here.”
