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I then heard a big sound outside, we both did, one that made us shiver. It frightened358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWK1AD4JLKV
me deeply and as much as I wished it to be just the one scare, it was not to be.358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYlCUOqprEN
“It has begun.” He confessed rather calmly as if he was already expecting it.358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLMwPveESn9
Many more terrible sounds soon followed, screams and other noises of terror just358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtKaBN62HTH
outside that room, and as my eyes began rummaging in a most panicky manner, he358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡowvZgAglE8
placed his hands on my cheeks and stared right at me: “It’s alright.” He reassured me358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5gn7lpWANw
“This is intended, you understand? It is according to the plan.” He was staring at me358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhg0gSTVd0C
with deep concern, but there was no lie in his words.358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdrAyRNqSqW
“What is happening?” I reluctantly asked, “What is this place?” I felt like I was358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNTvJmbSLTo
finally able to understand myself for the most part, or at least most of my spoken358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGjvv59ormT
words were now sounding just like my thoughts before I voiced them. “Please?”358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzX7r8Coi7j
I insisted ...358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvXqHHapS9c
“We don’t have much time for this,” Those hoarse words pushed through between358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGJBEOVN40B
nervous breaths, and it seemed I could now understand them without too much358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZpaP6Skxno
impediment “but you have just been awakened ... or born, if you will.”358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf0V2sdTXP1
“I don’t understand,” I begged for more as he turned his back to me to begin those358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡocskxZGAG4
rushed preparations, and when I was about to insist, he spoke to me some more.358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8BT3CpqhPt
“You were born into this world - born, the word born, you already know the358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6M2SlZpueE
meaning?”358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnBvfmWCgLZ
“Yes ...”358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKDTWhWVT93
“Yes, of course, you do.” He responded with a smile before continuing, “Either way,358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6YIjUPo7O4
you were born into it or perhaps brought here from another; not even I know for sure358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTz37Svek1f
which one applies more correctly. Not even after so many... Anyway, I know you are to358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHiqpU4kEDA
be charged with bearing most of this world’s responsibility.”358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMqsiMSxtLH
“Charged?” I asked.358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ27B4tkTOlQ
“Yes charged, and by none other than yourself. But first, we need to get you out of358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNUg3TO3i1O
here. We must deliver you somewhere safe.” He stopped to look straight at me “I know358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡft3fetMvM1
you have so many questions, but it is imperative that you save them for later.”358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuXTJmuoYly
“You must put your trust in me, you understand? You must trust me and be patient.358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQOFEaTzeHJ
Time itself will tell you all that you might want to know right now and then some. Just358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmPVfB5xdIv
wait.” He turned again to resume those rushed preparations; “I take it that it will not358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5tRh6womjc
be long before I am the one turning to you for some answers. For now, just be patient358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBRlwncqIkf
and do what I ask of you.”358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsLYdERaCwD
“What am I? How can I have learned this much already, and so fast?” I stopped for358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡth9waIL664
a moment, and then looked him in the eye: “And how can I know that is not normal?”358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn696ALmJpl
“Not a what, but a who.” He replied while turning away from me but still, likely358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmfKLWhV3QX
against his wishes, I felt that those words were brought forth in a somewhat vague and358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdK67F8EZMn
unassertive manner.358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMJJfLmHkzo
“Who then...” I could not help but be distracted by all that was raging on just outside358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4D8gtLR32r
that room; the several noises rampaging all around, those constant screams escorted358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Y7G4bQ8aY
now by other gruesome sounds of violence. I tightly shut my eyes for a moment, in358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrUWKvEjVQV
the hopes that somehow it would all go away, and then looked at him again. I found358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7LQ4M0ScGo
comfort in that even if he himself seemed desperate to finish gathering all sorts of358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMrewbkPtv6
things from those silvered tables, he too seemed afraid. “Who then?” I was so hoping358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqLyKfP7W1E
he would cave, if just for a moment, but no such luck.358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡME2EajEZPg
So, I just sat there, completely free from any physical bonds but with my feelings358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIASaP8X9fR
still tying me to that bed. I remained still, watching him pack those last things with358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcoeb6vBsKC
great haste: all sorts of papers and the tools to inscribe on them, some food, and a few358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsf6I8drnXA
other utensils too that I could not yet recognize.358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnWdOX4xnOM
I felt so inclined to ask him again, but before I managed to assemble the required358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGyMQ9tjGpW
words, I got hit in the head, something fierce!358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB3n68gKSYF
A presentiment, a quick vision of a clap of thunder cutting through heavy rain and,358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJhfPzPj1hH
amidst it all, some sort of airship struggling through it. Could that have been just a358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnQiWRLccjp
random trick of my imagination or the thunderclap of catastrophe? What was that?358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZRpwN0KGw5
It felt so...358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaKHhS68gz3
A premonition perhaps, or a distorted perception of my unknown present?358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPU6Cgw7MB3
Surprised I looked at him only for my doubts to be met with a wry grin.
