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“You were meant for greater things; you are unique and very, very special.”340Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2f78lU8qB0
And then something weird happened. I noticed a little drop coming out of my left340Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGYaRG0GF8O
eye. I felt it slide down my face without purpose, like some lost freshet unable to find340Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgOw0IPC0UY
its destination “You understand?” he grabbed my shoulders “Do you?” He shook them340Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIzymB1NTRT
just carefully enough “And to be special, to be unique is...”340Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBhy26WDnQ9
“Is to be alone?” I could not help but sob.340Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmaWHCfElNw
“Oh, come now,” He placed one of his old trembling hands on my forehead,340Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwE3QJ2l0tu
“You are just going through, shall we say, a tumbling of emotions; something340Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaJXlSOu1jT
completely natural for a young born such as yourself.” He smiled straight at me,340Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfkHgIKEWya
it gave me comfort “But I can guarantee you that in just a few hours from now, none340Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡphXz2xTpPL
of these things will have any effect on you. None of these rumbling emotions that may340Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeU0gTn5iv2
now be tearing at you from the inside will carry any weight. Give it a bit of time and340Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCAEIvm38wp
you will easily evolve beyond that, hold on for just a while - can you do that for me?”340Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD4mM6knDzP
I did not find the need to throw a single word at him, I knew he had seen right340Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkvlgsvaQes
through me and my big wet eyes, the moment I sobbed for the second time.340Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXJTWjhJYBQ
“I am telling you, just give time the chance to work its magic for it alone can make all340Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkBwvd4wpHr
things easier.” He slowly stood up.340Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLOWT6dFx0O
“You know, the passing of time will undoubtedly grant you many gifts my dear, great340Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHfd0S5bJFM
knowledge and even greater power, of that I am sure. But no gift will ever be bigger340Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzcfKLd6DjU
than experience and the calluses that this one will grow around your heart and your340Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡssQkA64BFE
mind. They will remain there to try and protect you and ensure that you always make340Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo6Y8shH6lI
the right call.” He threw another quick glimpse outside that room “Why, I am certain340Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡouAHal7dR6
that when the time comes for us to say goodbye to one another, you will not even shed340Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW8sJ5hhJMx
a tear.” He turned to me again just in time to catch another of those eye drops with his340Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMz9Kn4D267
trembling index finger: “You will be far too evolved to care for such things. So instead,340Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkJTqjZpTvA
I think I will hold on to this one.”340Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhlRor5QxBz
“I hope that is not true.” I looked away because at that moment I simply could not340Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnzm83fDrd3
look at him, my chest was hurting so much. Instead, I took one last look around that340Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZljC7ERAoG
room for something was telling me that I would not see it again; and even though340Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3tCf6AhfjC
those painful memories were still piercing me every time my eyes noticed something340Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW6RYQaoCTi
new, they still couldn’t hurt me anywhere near as much. It would take me a while.340Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZPc981RQn6
“You ready?” But that was time we did not have.340Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP7z2zyHPcK
“If the time ever comes for us to depart, I will shed many more of those for you,340Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5SgxFy4uxP
Father.” He looked somewhat puzzled at me, and I felt my cheeks burn more than ever340Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡppHks24Dp5
before. “You were the one that woke me, were you not?” I asked after patting my cheeks340Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7IVtkA4AWN
a few repeated times, desperately trying to cool them, or at least erase that pinkish hue340Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPEp3OFzTmi
I was sure to be colouring them. “The one that brought me into this conscious state?”340Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm5fY5C7acf
I took it gently for I felt nervous treading through such words “It seems then to me340Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY98Jcgv6qf
that the term fits quite appropriately. Or does it bother you?”340Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZxzw4MLWZD
“No.” He said before focusing his eyes again on what was going on outside;340Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjO4Q41QDbP
“No, it doesn’t bother me.” and then he held my hand “I just have not been called that340Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgbDzJzpgyb
in a very long time.”340Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMfca4iIBr1
“I promise I will try not to wear it down.” I smiled immediately after and he did too.340Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLui8hJyHdK
That moment however, was not allowed to last as the increasing happenings on the340Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaal3Xj5lkI
outside magnified his haste, and by proxy, mine.340Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCyr3q9ATKP
“We need to wait for just the right time,” he grumbled.340Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoGIB3a9uyk
“Maybe... maybe...” I repeated a few times.340Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4LKiq68osp
“Huh?” he asked before immediately realising... “Oh!”340Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTym3zuNI9a
“Maybe...” my eyes were still glued to that sign, previously some luteous gibberish340Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡauxogwEuCN
but now something more, words without sound that I could understand, read...
“Multiple340Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh0cSNj8Gu3
Assembled340Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuLtKoZ7tQm
Young340Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWUX9MMGA1g
Biologic340Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdbmMtddD2f
Entities”
