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I then heard a big sound outside, we both did, one that made us shiver. It frightened431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrhxqxBbqRS
me deeply and as much as I wished it to be just the one scare, it was not to be.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd4YEj0D4ND
“It has begun.” He confessed rather calmly as if he was already expecting it.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcoQSaoznNE
Many more terrible sounds soon followed, screams and other noises of terror just431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7nFs7kDLh8
outside that room, and as my eyes began rummaging in a most panicky manner, he431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeJoInHXjUC
placed his hands on my cheeks and stared right at me: “It’s alright.” He reassured me431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ32PJpcpg4D
“This is intended, you understand? It is according to the plan.” He was staring at me431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqRBrOPyzcR
with deep concern, but there was no lie in his words.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmDNEKYKqQa
“What is happening?” I reluctantly asked, “What is this place?” I felt like I was431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKZbrWijaPD
finally able to understand myself for the most part, or at least most of my spoken431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzjKH9WiyMM
words were now sounding just like my thoughts before I voiced them. “Please?”431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡziaVdJCo6Z
I insisted ...431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMSC23NSwQA
“We don’t have much time for this,” Those hoarse words pushed through between431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbXWXxN2b3l
nervous breaths, and it seemed I could now understand them without too much431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxzwGOLxnIK
impediment “but you have just been awakened ... or born, if you will.”431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkGDbrbbvis
“I don’t understand,” I begged for more as he turned his back to me to begin those431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT3ElWW3ehg
rushed preparations, and when I was about to insist, he spoke to me some more.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZF4nJdAwZY
“You were born into this world - born, the word born, you already know the431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMCs2zVdjF0
meaning?”431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSw1PfCxqV2
“Yes ...”431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ94gvWmR1wW
“Yes, of course, you do.” He responded with a smile before continuing, “Either way,431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaAVXwLdzqp
you were born into it or perhaps brought here from another; not even I know for sure431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuq3qzLLD4Z
which one applies more correctly. Not even after so many... Anyway, I know you are to431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxlsQIUBv2T
be charged with bearing most of this world’s responsibility.”431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCjRMOsUcqD
“Charged?” I asked.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhnDG39gpr0
“Yes charged, and by none other than yourself. But first, we need to get you out of431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuk3QOEo28W
here. We must deliver you somewhere safe.” He stopped to look straight at me “I know431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjF5KvEhuaK
you have so many questions, but it is imperative that you save them for later.”431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡub14Ry7V7m
“You must put your trust in me, you understand? You must trust me and be patient.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd0YsO0e6LD
Time itself will tell you all that you might want to know right now and then some. Just431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTDt05ZSlAB
wait.” He turned again to resume those rushed preparations; “I take it that it will not431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Mm6FDnhq1
be long before I am the one turning to you for some answers. For now, just be patient431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlmGFy9of0N
and do what I ask of you.”431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBkeTzaxXQc
“What am I? How can I have learned this much already, and so fast?” I stopped for431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU11b60FCd5
a moment, and then looked him in the eye: “And how can I know that is not normal?”431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx2qkC8nrN9
“Not a what, but a who.” He replied while turning away from me but still, likely431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡReuRFQ2XfN
against his wishes, I felt that those words were brought forth in a somewhat vague and431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2n9PLd2KKM
unassertive manner.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3bQirJjKzB
“Who then...” I could not help but be distracted by all that was raging on just outside431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUAh3IWNSUH
that room; the several noises rampaging all around, those constant screams escorted431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCFwHnaKCnL
now by other gruesome sounds of violence. I tightly shut my eyes for a moment, in431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrtwWniA4SQ
the hopes that somehow it would all go away, and then looked at him again. I found431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjxcRZofhwR
comfort in that even if he himself seemed desperate to finish gathering all sorts of431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR8yEIVgl8I
things from those silvered tables, he too seemed afraid. “Who then?” I was so hoping431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBfBwBWnsVt
he would cave, if just for a moment, but no such luck.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZeYDhBeOrN
So, I just sat there, completely free from any physical bonds but with my feelings431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡriXAN5NPR2
still tying me to that bed. I remained still, watching him pack those last things with431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSLnNLbxshS
great haste: all sorts of papers and the tools to inscribe on them, some food, and a few431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm7AJ2PYyS3
other utensils too that I could not yet recognize.431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKHQyEDY36F
I felt so inclined to ask him again, but before I managed to assemble the required431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCMTZclWnne
words, I got hit in the head, something fierce!431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT9sGjsng1v
A presentiment, a quick vision of a clap of thunder cutting through heavy rain and,431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFhZr4iilmR
amidst it all, some sort of airship struggling through it. Could that have been just a431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTsAD1xN0J4
random trick of my imagination or the thunderclap of catastrophe? What was that?431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc4VWTU6hUA
It felt so...431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRy2uEBehsH
A premonition perhaps, or a distorted perception of my unknown present?431Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLQ6YSoPHfS
Surprised I looked at him only for my doubts to be met with a wry grin.
