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Young and asleep, oblivious to the frustrations yet to come their way. I noticed then323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYOa3MQxcQB
that some of them had tubes going into their bodies through all sorts of possible ways.323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrugG44D4n2
My scared mouth could not help itself this time, and so a loud gasp inevitably made323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOW8vug10Xa
itself heard -my voice sounded nothing like the thoughts in my head- and then I heard323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlqQQevFjyV
someone coming.323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtxdOP9dFvb
I was scared. Fear is, after all, the first emotion taught to any living thing.323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf979UX1Alc
I did not have to keep on guessing for long, however, as through the corner of my323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbxlcq86V6i
struggling eye, I was able to appreciate him somewhat. I uttered something in response323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjqCD3XaqqF
to being so scared, though I was unable to understand it myself at the time. Then I felt323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC0bS2UU9uT
a pair of trembling fingers gently caressing my face and my eyelids. Those wrinkled323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJLjHazXoBF
hands then proceeded to go all over my naked body: checking, poking, searching.323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzBNXH0IMS1
Examining.323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXJoRi6s63a
My eyes could not do much else but wander aimlessly while that was all taking323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvbDMqK98k9
place; trying to divert my attention of what could be going on. I then noticed some323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3peCwEkBcq
luteous markings on some of those darkened walls - although I was unable to read323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkFMBKcYrWO
them, they still held some interest over me, if only momentarily. My eyes decided323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWnlyIT3kYo
then to continue their penurious tour only to be halted again by one of those beds.323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiH5aUOjfH1
Someone was twitching under a few heavy white blankets, someone even smaller than323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG6H0SXkLFg
me I would say, twitching and complaining; and right before my mouth could exclaim323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtaNJrUeDOO
a word, my face was turned away from it.323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNHKVA8NZl6
A warm and trembling hand was now making me stare at an even older face: one323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwX3o1mRsFE
whose wrinkles easily drew an expression of worry. I started to hear his voice, hoarse,323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6up9G8BkBz
masculine, and old; completely the opposite of what mine had previously sounded like.323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGqPrTh8FZM
I could tell he was urgently trying to tell me something but his words, just like my very323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTpCqcdqKSz
own, were no more than indistinguishable sounds to me. Gently his trembling fingers323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHV9LxNkvCN
began rubbing around my eyes as if he knew they were hurting, and sure enough after323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhNxjRR6XPu
a while, any remaining blurriness still holding onto the corners of my sight was gone.323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCCXSc4SbC6
Immediately after, and as fast as he could, he began removing all the restraints tying323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNhDngLWPzM
me to that bed, and after that was done, he helped me to sit.323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNG5gjOBgrP
He had a big smile on his face as if he were so proud of me, and although I could not323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCaXvoDxbOp
understand the sounds coming from between his lips, his eyes could easily tell me as323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3XPoCzJIwY
much. More than once I signalled him that I could not understand him, but no matter323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRGTpvG2jLE
how many times I would nod my head he still would not stop.323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7569YrLYKu
His mouth kept moving as if my ears could make all sense out of them. He tried and323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCXVxsX8hKi
tried and tried until he made me smile for the first time, shyly at first but eventually323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKsVe9fTzSB
he even managed to steal my first giggle. He smiled back. I will never forget my323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLITbH4jG33
first pleasant exchange with another, nor will I forget that loud sound that came to323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2dGLXEZwlS
interrupt it.323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ87WoGQtBBh
A big shriek, the sound of metal being dragged across more metal; it interrupted323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnTe46olrvu
us and made him look away from me. That older face turned away from me so fast,323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSuAen4mHN9
towards that door opening, and the younger man that proceeded to walk through323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpRXrqf7Fmr
it. They began to hastily exchange sounds between them and the more they did,323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqo9ihNZ6zJ
incredibly, the easier it became for me to understand what they were saying.323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ64XgLXRy6B
A few short words at first... “Sir... you... certain?” The new man asked.323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUEVt3H1t02
“It... the... way.” The older man replied, and it quickly became apparent he was in323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi1hRWakay0
charge no matter how their words were being exchanged.323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAGzLg50iwO
“But... ...dangerous game... ...!” The young man said before storming off. The older323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhUjUFueDXo
one tried to follow him, but he stopped at the door. He whispered something and even323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZh068zeRf0
though I could not understand it, I knew it to be sad.323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXcnpEo0eUp
“Did you ... any ... that?” He asked as he made his way towards me, “You did... you?”323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ11ZBBqY1Va
“Yes...”323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtzktcnEw2T
That reply impressed no one else more than it did me.323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiPYNEPPzSz
The way I bounced in surprise almost threw me out of that bed.323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYABlgFMlko
“Easy there.” He held me gently, “It will only get easier for you by the moment.”323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyI2C1A5GrY
“Easier?” I had to inquire, “What?”323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvjINea0XdY
“Everyt... will.” His eyes immediately adopted a more serious look, and the rest of323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfIO3CDikAm
his face followed, “But first... must... you... of here.”
