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I then heard a big sound outside, we both did, one that made us shiver. It frightened382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuq6vl458PE
me deeply and as much as I wished it to be just the one scare, it was not to be.382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu3QGvchayH
“It has begun.” He confessed rather calmly as if he was already expecting it.382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Nu5LZcNx2
Many more terrible sounds soon followed, screams and other noises of terror just382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJx5c6QBubG
outside that room, and as my eyes began rummaging in a most panicky manner, he382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsByUIDNnA8
placed his hands on my cheeks and stared right at me: “It’s alright.” He reassured me382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL1Rl0ouxDz
“This is intended, you understand? It is according to the plan.” He was staring at me382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGj3IEWqvMD
with deep concern, but there was no lie in his words.382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ42uiXvl2Tu
“What is happening?” I reluctantly asked, “What is this place?” I felt like I was382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzvrx6Vazc2
finally able to understand myself for the most part, or at least most of my spoken382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZMiHMCo3P9
words were now sounding just like my thoughts before I voiced them. “Please?”382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTtyvxmepGJ
I insisted ...382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDCqBoujEeZ
“We don’t have much time for this,” Those hoarse words pushed through between382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkcDzFyx7lw
nervous breaths, and it seemed I could now understand them without too much382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6eqdbC6ZbU
impediment “but you have just been awakened ... or born, if you will.”382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1DZCwogYqe
“I don’t understand,” I begged for more as he turned his back to me to begin those382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgeYaDEtcRK
rushed preparations, and when I was about to insist, he spoke to me some more.382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2f1Bjsu0Nd
“You were born into this world - born, the word born, you already know the382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdMWb5pLMLm
meaning?”382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡku6wG6MBYx
“Yes ...”382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrCJk7uZavZ
“Yes, of course, you do.” He responded with a smile before continuing, “Either way,382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHphZ1cKQid
you were born into it or perhaps brought here from another; not even I know for sure382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ39ktCC8cut
which one applies more correctly. Not even after so many... Anyway, I know you are to382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTNkhRSjOfq
be charged with bearing most of this world’s responsibility.”382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz8F7omKsmV
“Charged?” I asked.382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUWMzlguv2m
“Yes charged, and by none other than yourself. But first, we need to get you out of382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3GjXRLvauO
here. We must deliver you somewhere safe.” He stopped to look straight at me “I know382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHklGmh3e7A
you have so many questions, but it is imperative that you save them for later.”382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHRT0mSuHTA
“You must put your trust in me, you understand? You must trust me and be patient.382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnna4Nnlti3
Time itself will tell you all that you might want to know right now and then some. Just382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHwHYikMmLT
wait.” He turned again to resume those rushed preparations; “I take it that it will not382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbbVsX2ASb5
be long before I am the one turning to you for some answers. For now, just be patient382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy7ednvVSK4
and do what I ask of you.”382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡepBqFpLF7R
“What am I? How can I have learned this much already, and so fast?” I stopped for382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG8slKMh32q
a moment, and then looked him in the eye: “And how can I know that is not normal?”382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ27dtBjCRLw
“Not a what, but a who.” He replied while turning away from me but still, likely382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnB9gqrWEsS
against his wishes, I felt that those words were brought forth in a somewhat vague and382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlnBHIrGKFj
unassertive manner.382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWhL1BxvLnd
“Who then...” I could not help but be distracted by all that was raging on just outside382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO1eVohvlHZ
that room; the several noises rampaging all around, those constant screams escorted382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc6DFsRXFjK
now by other gruesome sounds of violence. I tightly shut my eyes for a moment, in382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuqmHxWOc4C
the hopes that somehow it would all go away, and then looked at him again. I found382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡleG1lZQnO8
comfort in that even if he himself seemed desperate to finish gathering all sorts of382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6K3jmZFtvL
things from those silvered tables, he too seemed afraid. “Who then?” I was so hoping382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmzhokeI0vQ
he would cave, if just for a moment, but no such luck.382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzYJWhVmXEP
So, I just sat there, completely free from any physical bonds but with my feelings382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEXtivKlWV8
still tying me to that bed. I remained still, watching him pack those last things with382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRXH1meuz9F
great haste: all sorts of papers and the tools to inscribe on them, some food, and a few382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ak1zePvFl
other utensils too that I could not yet recognize.382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBPnTAKv9ix
I felt so inclined to ask him again, but before I managed to assemble the required382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmjLv8Yh9Dv
words, I got hit in the head, something fierce!382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRUfmGht1FG
A presentiment, a quick vision of a clap of thunder cutting through heavy rain and,382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUU3CppkE5t
amidst it all, some sort of airship struggling through it. Could that have been just a382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwI3L3v5w5b
random trick of my imagination or the thunderclap of catastrophe? What was that?382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEdH5qePB00
It felt so...382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvKOXenCA2Z
A premonition perhaps, or a distorted perception of my unknown present?382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7dnGyOYAaR
Surprised I looked at him only for my doubts to be met with a wry grin.
