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Young and asleep, oblivious to the frustrations yet to come their way. I noticed then392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcO3qwJlSwc
that some of them had tubes going into their bodies through all sorts of possible ways.392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3JMtTlkglR
My scared mouth could not help itself this time, and so a loud gasp inevitably made392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBuORgioJnd
itself heard -my voice sounded nothing like the thoughts in my head- and then I heard392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvLbiIYelhs
someone coming.392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiH6dWEZhYl
I was scared. Fear is, after all, the first emotion taught to any living thing.392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡESvDZ5iVKJ
I did not have to keep on guessing for long, however, as through the corner of my392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeq9vVTpik5
struggling eye, I was able to appreciate him somewhat. I uttered something in response392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx2mG2YfXRX
to being so scared, though I was unable to understand it myself at the time. Then I felt392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSKs9gAPTPW
a pair of trembling fingers gently caressing my face and my eyelids. Those wrinkled392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb9QC9m6FqF
hands then proceeded to go all over my naked body: checking, poking, searching.392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt0nbUpVvZO
Examining.392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzo8Y8MDfqO
My eyes could not do much else but wander aimlessly while that was all taking392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoj0GkWaHS6
place; trying to divert my attention of what could be going on. I then noticed some392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ81wUWrU8IJ
luteous markings on some of those darkened walls - although I was unable to read392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjbE4iVKvMm
them, they still held some interest over me, if only momentarily. My eyes decided392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE9K9cEivxY
then to continue their penurious tour only to be halted again by one of those beds.392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBbfAZSmDtx
Someone was twitching under a few heavy white blankets, someone even smaller than392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQMhKQrv0GI
me I would say, twitching and complaining; and right before my mouth could exclaim392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkLLZR0SeVQ
a word, my face was turned away from it.392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOFSl6Bi4aM
A warm and trembling hand was now making me stare at an even older face: one392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLbqDrlxg3p
whose wrinkles easily drew an expression of worry. I started to hear his voice, hoarse,392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8RWuxmIFp4
masculine, and old; completely the opposite of what mine had previously sounded like.392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuIjA0LROs0
I could tell he was urgently trying to tell me something but his words, just like my very392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGs4YDoALRP
own, were no more than indistinguishable sounds to me. Gently his trembling fingers392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdezAULgMxh
began rubbing around my eyes as if he knew they were hurting, and sure enough after392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ4xN55AEgh
a while, any remaining blurriness still holding onto the corners of my sight was gone.392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr6JwmsbSd8
Immediately after, and as fast as he could, he began removing all the restraints tying392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4idyAEJ8eq
me to that bed, and after that was done, he helped me to sit.392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoIel705DuY
He had a big smile on his face as if he were so proud of me, and although I could not392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJtXOlgjLeF
understand the sounds coming from between his lips, his eyes could easily tell me as392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxacwEIPbsS
much. More than once I signalled him that I could not understand him, but no matter392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQun7pG3u9A
how many times I would nod my head he still would not stop.392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8NoX6JrzpG
His mouth kept moving as if my ears could make all sense out of them. He tried and392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9KjLvmtBIk
tried and tried until he made me smile for the first time, shyly at first but eventually392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhtIpj7iW8q
he even managed to steal my first giggle. He smiled back. I will never forget my392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvNsJp9tYGA
first pleasant exchange with another, nor will I forget that loud sound that came to392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1nZhMwc5Rl
interrupt it.392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdcmTJkLFuh
A big shriek, the sound of metal being dragged across more metal; it interrupted392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHz9NfAvRHy
us and made him look away from me. That older face turned away from me so fast,392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfvt23l8FqV
towards that door opening, and the younger man that proceeded to walk through392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAvb3WH19iW
it. They began to hastily exchange sounds between them and the more they did,392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwTQh4TBZrk
incredibly, the easier it became for me to understand what they were saying.392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnHhmZePyZV
A few short words at first... “Sir... you... certain?” The new man asked.392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD70lVRrkyc
“It... the... way.” The older man replied, and it quickly became apparent he was in392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKS05vIorFa
charge no matter how their words were being exchanged.392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmuTEaFe2WE
“But... ...dangerous game... ...!” The young man said before storming off. The older392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCq4jGljDMB
one tried to follow him, but he stopped at the door. He whispered something and even392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNFR2YsHbOY
though I could not understand it, I knew it to be sad.392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWYT3Z2YSU9
“Did you ... any ... that?” He asked as he made his way towards me, “You did... you?”392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmKgP8tctMu
“Yes...”392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzAOa55dQOL
That reply impressed no one else more than it did me.392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWFWwWP7yoG
The way I bounced in surprise almost threw me out of that bed.392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ01c01tiAx4
“Easy there.” He held me gently, “It will only get easier for you by the moment.”392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeYj8GAasBF
“Easier?” I had to inquire, “What?”392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFjBGGaXqOW
“Everyt... will.” His eyes immediately adopted a more serious look, and the rest of392Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyatMv0eeR6
his face followed, “But first... must... you... of here.”
