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I then heard a big sound outside, we both did, one that made us shiver. It frightened309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIM03nIkNJD
me deeply and as much as I wished it to be just the one scare, it was not to be.309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6dWV0BzwED
“It has begun.” He confessed rather calmly as if he was already expecting it.309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡri6w6FcjuQ
Many more terrible sounds soon followed, screams and other noises of terror just309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOXhnB7ljQt
outside that room, and as my eyes began rummaging in a most panicky manner, he309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVvvY2gO05B
placed his hands on my cheeks and stared right at me: “It’s alright.” He reassured me309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9nxEcpycgk
“This is intended, you understand? It is according to the plan.” He was staring at me309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡssrEfLUHU7
with deep concern, but there was no lie in his words.309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzDGI2KAIxF
“What is happening?” I reluctantly asked, “What is this place?” I felt like I was309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcC18wmOUFL
finally able to understand myself for the most part, or at least most of my spoken309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1TZjkoj29d
words were now sounding just like my thoughts before I voiced them. “Please?”309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6IlTOCdnhL
I insisted ...309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZdcaGgReag
“We don’t have much time for this,” Those hoarse words pushed through between309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTJMRlCXmFd
nervous breaths, and it seemed I could now understand them without too much309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ41sogO8DTw
impediment “but you have just been awakened ... or born, if you will.”309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0sVoj4KyAv
“I don’t understand,” I begged for more as he turned his back to me to begin those309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFIQnRrB4ak
rushed preparations, and when I was about to insist, he spoke to me some more.309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdLPjh00FYA
“You were born into this world - born, the word born, you already know the309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQjAVngbIGH
meaning?”309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡplKVUrLtQz
“Yes ...”309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6gK5gDYBef
“Yes, of course, you do.” He responded with a smile before continuing, “Either way,309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXmtGLJXnqe
you were born into it or perhaps brought here from another; not even I know for sure309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmWVZtomMzd
which one applies more correctly. Not even after so many... Anyway, I know you are to309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡePBKppGzfe
be charged with bearing most of this world’s responsibility.”309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3kc09UexJL
“Charged?” I asked.309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxmeqxAkJSn
“Yes charged, and by none other than yourself. But first, we need to get you out of309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi2YTPIkz81
here. We must deliver you somewhere safe.” He stopped to look straight at me “I know309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFUYx02UQtU
you have so many questions, but it is imperative that you save them for later.”309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKItOaStPJq
“You must put your trust in me, you understand? You must trust me and be patient.309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCb4raWM2kj
Time itself will tell you all that you might want to know right now and then some. Just309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDbgLAYe9eQ
wait.” He turned again to resume those rushed preparations; “I take it that it will not309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh4nnA6ZD8N
be long before I am the one turning to you for some answers. For now, just be patient309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡANWICUhOmM
and do what I ask of you.”309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ8d3b6ljGu
“What am I? How can I have learned this much already, and so fast?” I stopped for309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPxP3wd8KYB
a moment, and then looked him in the eye: “And how can I know that is not normal?”309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyYSJXzcCdf
“Not a what, but a who.” He replied while turning away from me but still, likely309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0SrhxxFwRX
against his wishes, I felt that those words were brought forth in a somewhat vague and309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzQwQQLQOWk
unassertive manner.309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvc0PmdbgW5
“Who then...” I could not help but be distracted by all that was raging on just outside309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC2p351tDcf
that room; the several noises rampaging all around, those constant screams escorted309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOtJoTsaDib
now by other gruesome sounds of violence. I tightly shut my eyes for a moment, in309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgugTB6DAYN
the hopes that somehow it would all go away, and then looked at him again. I found309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaYi5NmVovj
comfort in that even if he himself seemed desperate to finish gathering all sorts of309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeH9qfaRBWk
things from those silvered tables, he too seemed afraid. “Who then?” I was so hoping309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYKXU5UtPP7
he would cave, if just for a moment, but no such luck.309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkrGNoH7vzl
So, I just sat there, completely free from any physical bonds but with my feelings309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLt6nJmSbos
still tying me to that bed. I remained still, watching him pack those last things with309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3L5fKbvoMU
great haste: all sorts of papers and the tools to inscribe on them, some food, and a few309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXClV5R0U9K
other utensils too that I could not yet recognize.309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyllfe3SUvd
I felt so inclined to ask him again, but before I managed to assemble the required309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrl5ccdDHs2
words, I got hit in the head, something fierce!309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV4xyHEAxcz
A presentiment, a quick vision of a clap of thunder cutting through heavy rain and,309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWdIPz3SJCG
amidst it all, some sort of airship struggling through it. Could that have been just a309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbjBZoufxx4
random trick of my imagination or the thunderclap of catastrophe? What was that?309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBnv4UTpREU
It felt so...309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzGFtEu0j3s
A premonition perhaps, or a distorted perception of my unknown present?309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡloFu6bWvqg
Surprised I looked at him only for my doubts to be met with a wry grin.
