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I then heard a big sound outside, we both did, one that made us shiver. It frightened433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcEEAFzzhyZ
me deeply and as much as I wished it to be just the one scare, it was not to be.433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSqmoo54hMD
“It has begun.” He confessed rather calmly as if he was already expecting it.433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbVkZU7B1us
Many more terrible sounds soon followed, screams and other noises of terror just433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡraAtgCYNoc
outside that room, and as my eyes began rummaging in a most panicky manner, he433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNLtCryME5d
placed his hands on my cheeks and stared right at me: “It’s alright.” He reassured me433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjpPNqV2phK
“This is intended, you understand? It is according to the plan.” He was staring at me433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOfAvbvSex5
with deep concern, but there was no lie in his words.433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCsVTyNmWzb
“What is happening?” I reluctantly asked, “What is this place?” I felt like I was433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFJOqt70Nsu
finally able to understand myself for the most part, or at least most of my spoken433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIChO6UvE0i
words were now sounding just like my thoughts before I voiced them. “Please?”433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Wy0c5cchS
I insisted ...433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq9JSi5l8da
“We don’t have much time for this,” Those hoarse words pushed through between433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuC6T0MAS2h
nervous breaths, and it seemed I could now understand them without too much433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Kt8z43sGu
impediment “but you have just been awakened ... or born, if you will.”433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡES5K4n8l3h
“I don’t understand,” I begged for more as he turned his back to me to begin those433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡklgCwR7qUf
rushed preparations, and when I was about to insist, he spoke to me some more.433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiL3qvvBlQh
“You were born into this world - born, the word born, you already know the433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ11XgmnWkfs
meaning?”433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡipamOzfE3C
“Yes ...”433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRgKAXhTSjn
“Yes, of course, you do.” He responded with a smile before continuing, “Either way,433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdnmcQTIukZ
you were born into it or perhaps brought here from another; not even I know for sure433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsQo4lTJipi
which one applies more correctly. Not even after so many... Anyway, I know you are to433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBoJJxrikaL
be charged with bearing most of this world’s responsibility.”433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZEsSTte9LY
“Charged?” I asked.433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4SdpnxYYEX
“Yes charged, and by none other than yourself. But first, we need to get you out of433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQZpb2rlwn1
here. We must deliver you somewhere safe.” He stopped to look straight at me “I know433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCWsJNyrEDR
you have so many questions, but it is imperative that you save them for later.”433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcdxopvkro3
“You must put your trust in me, you understand? You must trust me and be patient.433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEvbaUDWNDY
Time itself will tell you all that you might want to know right now and then some. Just433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeFce6WFfXC
wait.” He turned again to resume those rushed preparations; “I take it that it will not433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7IsASVR0QJ
be long before I am the one turning to you for some answers. For now, just be patient433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG08oNwQBmr
and do what I ask of you.”433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLTHS05ajIt
“What am I? How can I have learned this much already, and so fast?” I stopped for433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiIcGRQsTN3
a moment, and then looked him in the eye: “And how can I know that is not normal?”433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVsmoiBMmQg
“Not a what, but a who.” He replied while turning away from me but still, likely433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqA3eeCqwL4
against his wishes, I felt that those words were brought forth in a somewhat vague and433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnoLgpY6wMK
unassertive manner.433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsEoXjJdoBU
“Who then...” I could not help but be distracted by all that was raging on just outside433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9R4bCVfHRo
that room; the several noises rampaging all around, those constant screams escorted433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4hT46ELqgC
now by other gruesome sounds of violence. I tightly shut my eyes for a moment, in433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu5hoGJSoWB
the hopes that somehow it would all go away, and then looked at him again. I found433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡABwKFJwZJL
comfort in that even if he himself seemed desperate to finish gathering all sorts of433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWCs30SnuZp
things from those silvered tables, he too seemed afraid. “Who then?” I was so hoping433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwEsXep4hpP
he would cave, if just for a moment, but no such luck.433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8i0JgvNsR7
So, I just sat there, completely free from any physical bonds but with my feelings433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFRQ7bIIZYU
still tying me to that bed. I remained still, watching him pack those last things with433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB2thOENgjH
great haste: all sorts of papers and the tools to inscribe on them, some food, and a few433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡddZ8CVRptH
other utensils too that I could not yet recognize.433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmAeF6sZFX3
I felt so inclined to ask him again, but before I managed to assemble the required433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfSa3yaqTP1
words, I got hit in the head, something fierce!433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpKkkXn3eVt
A presentiment, a quick vision of a clap of thunder cutting through heavy rain and,433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx8zhbP8hZz
amidst it all, some sort of airship struggling through it. Could that have been just a433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW3xrpMfQ6s
random trick of my imagination or the thunderclap of catastrophe? What was that?433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRRCEeTKFdJ
It felt so...433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsB6j9Ue72N
A premonition perhaps, or a distorted perception of my unknown present?433Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtrG9LNbgCc
Surprised I looked at him only for my doubts to be met with a wry grin.
