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Young and asleep, oblivious to the frustrations yet to come their way. I noticed then286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw6EUCrcuPG
that some of them had tubes going into their bodies through all sorts of possible ways.286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhAB4xyzT74
My scared mouth could not help itself this time, and so a loud gasp inevitably made286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiQLqO1V5me
itself heard -my voice sounded nothing like the thoughts in my head- and then I heard286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe9VL79mHGc
someone coming.286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw5p8A3GdzH
I was scared. Fear is, after all, the first emotion taught to any living thing.286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuEGwJyzJSs
I did not have to keep on guessing for long, however, as through the corner of my286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc6nyiw9teq
struggling eye, I was able to appreciate him somewhat. I uttered something in response286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡirywhBTN8I
to being so scared, though I was unable to understand it myself at the time. Then I felt286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmUDFm5Rb6Z
a pair of trembling fingers gently caressing my face and my eyelids. Those wrinkled286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMn7ZXH2eEs
hands then proceeded to go all over my naked body: checking, poking, searching.286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMtsp2KdHY4
Examining.286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxRoiFmNCKE
My eyes could not do much else but wander aimlessly while that was all taking286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOrqYCbd1Nu
place; trying to divert my attention of what could be going on. I then noticed some286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEIC9BED1QY
luteous markings on some of those darkened walls - although I was unable to read286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcScmynKHst
them, they still held some interest over me, if only momentarily. My eyes decided286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYkOqtH6Nt5
then to continue their penurious tour only to be halted again by one of those beds.286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGeXbE4Ewp0
Someone was twitching under a few heavy white blankets, someone even smaller than286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwtwSB0UrNQ
me I would say, twitching and complaining; and right before my mouth could exclaim286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvoCmjdGomt
a word, my face was turned away from it.286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡToCaCshblo
A warm and trembling hand was now making me stare at an even older face: one286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnXAWbVGQ6O
whose wrinkles easily drew an expression of worry. I started to hear his voice, hoarse,286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlX8D4bWJcs
masculine, and old; completely the opposite of what mine had previously sounded like.286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUd7uJa6mev
I could tell he was urgently trying to tell me something but his words, just like my very286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSVScwt88cl
own, were no more than indistinguishable sounds to me. Gently his trembling fingers286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgV2rUilW68
began rubbing around my eyes as if he knew they were hurting, and sure enough after286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7fPWK4UIKo
a while, any remaining blurriness still holding onto the corners of my sight was gone.286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMsJIUbIqkN
Immediately after, and as fast as he could, he began removing all the restraints tying286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzVPvc3gGtB
me to that bed, and after that was done, he helped me to sit.286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCRdinZLwcJ
He had a big smile on his face as if he were so proud of me, and although I could not286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMphSzVYYYn
understand the sounds coming from between his lips, his eyes could easily tell me as286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ILA0hySdv
much. More than once I signalled him that I could not understand him, but no matter286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLxeZMKhlBP
how many times I would nod my head he still would not stop.286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6tR31BnNyJ
His mouth kept moving as if my ears could make all sense out of them. He tried and286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqFcMrIKJCM
tried and tried until he made me smile for the first time, shyly at first but eventually286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ED958nEeD
he even managed to steal my first giggle. He smiled back. I will never forget my286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ2FmC2dyHV
first pleasant exchange with another, nor will I forget that loud sound that came to286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjhcDdaX8Zt
interrupt it.286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdxZhRzxSPS
A big shriek, the sound of metal being dragged across more metal; it interrupted286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ldbmT0hJb
us and made him look away from me. That older face turned away from me so fast,286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡskeKTtxHCi
towards that door opening, and the younger man that proceeded to walk through286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9GPZ3I8ygy
it. They began to hastily exchange sounds between them and the more they did,286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡynY6IWDCj5
incredibly, the easier it became for me to understand what they were saying.286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeEGBTkpsGg
A few short words at first... “Sir... you... certain?” The new man asked.286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj2hf0A3yKX
“It... the... way.” The older man replied, and it quickly became apparent he was in286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf1TXKmT1ZY
charge no matter how their words were being exchanged.286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj9EHVIzrXk
“But... ...dangerous game... ...!” The young man said before storming off. The older286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG60FAk1HAJ
one tried to follow him, but he stopped at the door. He whispered something and even286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuNVOi29egd
though I could not understand it, I knew it to be sad.286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9KfncDBLEX
“Did you ... any ... that?” He asked as he made his way towards me, “You did... you?”286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGmKoVGIp2W
“Yes...”286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlbKZ0Q5xep
That reply impressed no one else more than it did me.286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcWwH73lZpq
The way I bounced in surprise almost threw me out of that bed.286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP0WY2o0gS3
“Easy there.” He held me gently, “It will only get easier for you by the moment.”286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZltKhSYiUJ
“Easier?” I had to inquire, “What?”286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡniBWxkDbQw
“Everyt... will.” His eyes immediately adopted a more serious look, and the rest of286Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5AasZhrygs
his face followed, “But first... must... you... of here.”
