x
I then heard a big sound outside, we both did, one that made us shiver. It frightened369Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm6gf3ERCNB
me deeply and as much as I wished it to be just the one scare, it was not to be.369Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMzoI8H84gN
“It has begun.” He confessed rather calmly as if he was already expecting it.369Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8zFhcIzL4W
Many more terrible sounds soon followed, screams and other noises of terror just369Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡelpJcucnq7
outside that room, and as my eyes began rummaging in a most panicky manner, he369Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0evyvLl4CT
placed his hands on my cheeks and stared right at me: “It’s alright.” He reassured me369Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHg5G2nXIXm
“This is intended, you understand? It is according to the plan.” He was staring at me369Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5MVcNk9Bax
with deep concern, but there was no lie in his words.369Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1zUzBAIY5V
“What is happening?” I reluctantly asked, “What is this place?” I felt like I was369Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZVJGBAGh8Q
finally able to understand myself for the most part, or at least most of my spoken369Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgis8pao6eG
words were now sounding just like my thoughts before I voiced them. “Please?”369Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0QO4bZEW40
I insisted ...369Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIw4rA8Nh4O
“We don’t have much time for this,” Those hoarse words pushed through between369Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpfcWDRG7vh
nervous breaths, and it seemed I could now understand them without too much369Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTkXn2qqj2d
impediment “but you have just been awakened ... or born, if you will.”369Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVDxVkgonrh
“I don’t understand,” I begged for more as he turned his back to me to begin those369Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa7HnodtKoO
rushed preparations, and when I was about to insist, he spoke to me some more.369Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgeE4CgyusX
“You were born into this world - born, the word born, you already know the369Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiiQZynxcgw
meaning?”369Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIGEF1ByGEe
“Yes ...”369Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡESHTg3U8RI
“Yes, of course, you do.” He responded with a smile before continuing, “Either way,369Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnk69xDg0qP
you were born into it or perhaps brought here from another; not even I know for sure369Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNOP21OZnkE
which one applies more correctly. Not even after so many... Anyway, I know you are to369Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaf2rcb7lEl
be charged with bearing most of this world’s responsibility.”369Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡePyHYDWASI
“Charged?” I asked.369Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwobChcLolc
“Yes charged, and by none other than yourself. But first, we need to get you out of369Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvYAJqHju96
here. We must deliver you somewhere safe.” He stopped to look straight at me “I know369Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyqeaDo4cPg
you have so many questions, but it is imperative that you save them for later.”369Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcwSx5JD2U7
“You must put your trust in me, you understand? You must trust me and be patient.369Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXl12Mr2lUX
Time itself will tell you all that you might want to know right now and then some. Just369Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu2820bC7Gc
wait.” He turned again to resume those rushed preparations; “I take it that it will not369Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqt4z5BgCdy
be long before I am the one turning to you for some answers. For now, just be patient369Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNQzkh9UMhY
and do what I ask of you.”369Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx4p7VgG45p
“What am I? How can I have learned this much already, and so fast?” I stopped for369Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXbLD2mQp5L
a moment, and then looked him in the eye: “And how can I know that is not normal?”369Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd4h9d6JOZN
“Not a what, but a who.” He replied while turning away from me but still, likely369Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKTmuQOEs2g
against his wishes, I felt that those words were brought forth in a somewhat vague and369Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQUX52Mr4RY
unassertive manner.369Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfSxiCmo6cB
“Who then...” I could not help but be distracted by all that was raging on just outside369Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeUAlCcjFcM
that room; the several noises rampaging all around, those constant screams escorted369Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXSPQA7fn6M
now by other gruesome sounds of violence. I tightly shut my eyes for a moment, in369Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡclzefV7r5p
the hopes that somehow it would all go away, and then looked at him again. I found369Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡERTgCWabyG
comfort in that even if he himself seemed desperate to finish gathering all sorts of369Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAPoxwc2u6H
things from those silvered tables, he too seemed afraid. “Who then?” I was so hoping369Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ9c49IJ9iA
he would cave, if just for a moment, but no such luck.369Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoXGvwqeSK0
So, I just sat there, completely free from any physical bonds but with my feelings369Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYZRamFUb7R
still tying me to that bed. I remained still, watching him pack those last things with369Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsVM5Ep3OX2
great haste: all sorts of papers and the tools to inscribe on them, some food, and a few369Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxeoP7LAOdU
other utensils too that I could not yet recognize.369Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡInajaFgpJC
I felt so inclined to ask him again, but before I managed to assemble the required369Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcDjSAbQUjL
words, I got hit in the head, something fierce!369Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRjbY566YGM
A presentiment, a quick vision of a clap of thunder cutting through heavy rain and,369Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcorfdQns6S
amidst it all, some sort of airship struggling through it. Could that have been just a369Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlqQfPlmjxL
random trick of my imagination or the thunderclap of catastrophe? What was that?369Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO3Vd8Pj67Y
It felt so...369Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡspNn1A0EXl
A premonition perhaps, or a distorted perception of my unknown present?369Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7TNLe6j77G
Surprised I looked at him only for my doubts to be met with a wry grin.
