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I then heard a big sound outside, we both did, one that made us shiver. It frightened409Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg23vCyy0KX
me deeply and as much as I wished it to be just the one scare, it was not to be.409Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiCwuCbuUfz
“It has begun.” He confessed rather calmly as if he was already expecting it.409Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXgZ8aV23AT
Many more terrible sounds soon followed, screams and other noises of terror just409Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ540ZbXEk1y
outside that room, and as my eyes began rummaging in a most panicky manner, he409Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVWe2omJT7D
placed his hands on my cheeks and stared right at me: “It’s alright.” He reassured me409Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡioIDMixiau
“This is intended, you understand? It is according to the plan.” He was staring at me409Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAj0VCJxGVQ
with deep concern, but there was no lie in his words.409Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5pY4ZBmVaW
“What is happening?” I reluctantly asked, “What is this place?” I felt like I was409Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIb3Eo0XMwR
finally able to understand myself for the most part, or at least most of my spoken409Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNnjQu85wkK
words were now sounding just like my thoughts before I voiced them. “Please?”409Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq4XkHMHsLf
I insisted ...409Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLNU0M2vsUE
“We don’t have much time for this,” Those hoarse words pushed through between409Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ449xCUBnjP
nervous breaths, and it seemed I could now understand them without too much409Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxeQ6kB95Ye
impediment “but you have just been awakened ... or born, if you will.”409Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpQOMB2NRcB
“I don’t understand,” I begged for more as he turned his back to me to begin those409Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQHrufyYY9q
rushed preparations, and when I was about to insist, he spoke to me some more.409Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB9JqiAJ1sz
“You were born into this world - born, the word born, you already know the409Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGFsh336Sf6
meaning?”409Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1QwODEN0Z8
“Yes ...”409Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjmxJPMRroY
“Yes, of course, you do.” He responded with a smile before continuing, “Either way,409Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwmEJLKVY0m
you were born into it or perhaps brought here from another; not even I know for sure409Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGEHhleziHd
which one applies more correctly. Not even after so many... Anyway, I know you are to409Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1bbFJFPqV2
be charged with bearing most of this world’s responsibility.”409Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwz1pmpK9jZ
“Charged?” I asked.409Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgvT0YnC1B6
“Yes charged, and by none other than yourself. But first, we need to get you out of409Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ier1A1yZ4
here. We must deliver you somewhere safe.” He stopped to look straight at me “I know409Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg2ku5166ex
you have so many questions, but it is imperative that you save them for later.”409Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYsvFLfc5Vr
“You must put your trust in me, you understand? You must trust me and be patient.409Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8cov5qTuui
Time itself will tell you all that you might want to know right now and then some. Just409Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWthqKlNxAI
wait.” He turned again to resume those rushed preparations; “I take it that it will not409Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTIibBtAXFQ
be long before I am the one turning to you for some answers. For now, just be patient409Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQrRpo1U1QI
and do what I ask of you.”409Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg6I8V9hwhE
“What am I? How can I have learned this much already, and so fast?” I stopped for409Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJTDlAbkj6i
a moment, and then looked him in the eye: “And how can I know that is not normal?”409Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdSpKByO1gm
“Not a what, but a who.” He replied while turning away from me but still, likely409Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJj0Rwqq8QT
against his wishes, I felt that those words were brought forth in a somewhat vague and409Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyCKVefsko6
unassertive manner.409Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRXe7EXrqfD
“Who then...” I could not help but be distracted by all that was raging on just outside409Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCYENnD0Zjf
that room; the several noises rampaging all around, those constant screams escorted409Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy8gzbu6Tiu
now by other gruesome sounds of violence. I tightly shut my eyes for a moment, in409Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHQbmhd9y2G
the hopes that somehow it would all go away, and then looked at him again. I found409Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbLkxi6lOiE
comfort in that even if he himself seemed desperate to finish gathering all sorts of409Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYaGkoC4IGf
things from those silvered tables, he too seemed afraid. “Who then?” I was so hoping409Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqyGPVhAD5E
he would cave, if just for a moment, but no such luck.409Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX1PXkOQQNN
So, I just sat there, completely free from any physical bonds but with my feelings409Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVOtQHYjGN1
still tying me to that bed. I remained still, watching him pack those last things with409Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJfMXZttU34
great haste: all sorts of papers and the tools to inscribe on them, some food, and a few409Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK1gKXwHUql
other utensils too that I could not yet recognize.409Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFLCFa09wUu
I felt so inclined to ask him again, but before I managed to assemble the required409Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ2jRnigUnN
words, I got hit in the head, something fierce!409Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPTLHzAs8nd
A presentiment, a quick vision of a clap of thunder cutting through heavy rain and,409Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUgtuxjDDVw
amidst it all, some sort of airship struggling through it. Could that have been just a409Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF0ZFOaHNKe
random trick of my imagination or the thunderclap of catastrophe? What was that?409Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs8cLu5rnVq
It felt so...409Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRV1DonUo3u
A premonition perhaps, or a distorted perception of my unknown present?409Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6nas8bmbBr
Surprised I looked at him only for my doubts to be met with a wry grin.
