“You were meant for greater things; you are unique and very, very special.”109Please respect copyright.PENANANj9QM2m3NM
And then something weird happened. I noticed a little drop coming out of my left109Please respect copyright.PENANAD1KCNrGGRO
eye. I felt it slide down my face without purpose, like some lost freshet unable to find109Please respect copyright.PENANA16FrUvXFz1
its destination “You understand?” he grabbed my shoulders “Do you?” He shook them109Please respect copyright.PENANAs2eFQKjIJx
just carefully enough “And to be special, to be unique is...”109Please respect copyright.PENANAS2oxLlAKVO
“Is to be alone?” I could not help but sob.109Please respect copyright.PENANATCdqnISgmr
“Oh, come now,” He placed one of his old trembling hands on my forehead,109Please respect copyright.PENANAjITr1A9XYe
“You are just going through, shall we say, a tumbling of emotions; something109Please respect copyright.PENANAlYN2N16G5X
completely natural for a young born such as yourself.” He smiled straight at me,109Please respect copyright.PENANA1usYRKOaC0
it gave me comfort “But I can guarantee you that in just a few hours from now, none109Please respect copyright.PENANAM1dhQZiMoP
of these things will have any effect on you. None of these rumbling emotions that may109Please respect copyright.PENANA3Y6t5s6Qp8
now be tearing at you from the inside will carry any weight. Give it a bit of time and109Please respect copyright.PENANAsKtyM9e8NF
you will easily evolve beyond that, hold on for just a while - can you do that for me?”109Please respect copyright.PENANAIGxpqvarBV
I did not find the need to throw a single word at him, I knew he had seen right109Please respect copyright.PENANAZjylAywPjt
through me and my big wet eyes, the moment I sobbed for the second time.109Please respect copyright.PENANA5Tu4gJwwHS
“I am telling you, just give time the chance to work its magic for it alone can make all109Please respect copyright.PENANAAxEBOnLc99
things easier.” He slowly stood up.109Please respect copyright.PENANADtPPtiDgX4
“You know, the passing of time will undoubtedly grant you many gifts my dear, great109Please respect copyright.PENANAjm4AF0Pt3O
knowledge and even greater power, of that I am sure. But no gift will ever be bigger109Please respect copyright.PENANArfH3kTgdrb
than experience and the calluses that this one will grow around your heart and your109Please respect copyright.PENANAoUmhgpKJhn
mind. They will remain there to try and protect you and ensure that you always make109Please respect copyright.PENANAg3h7iklE1U
the right call.” He threw another quick glimpse outside that room “Why, I am certain109Please respect copyright.PENANAbcso0T2mlv
that when the time comes for us to say goodbye to one another, you will not even shed109Please respect copyright.PENANAfNS9q7IFDI
a tear.” He turned to me again just in time to catch another of those eye drops with his109Please respect copyright.PENANA9ej4oVWDfc
trembling index finger: “You will be far too evolved to care for such things. So instead,109Please respect copyright.PENANAtOGoI9ty7E
I think I will hold on to this one.”109Please respect copyright.PENANA3USGzedL6y
“I hope that is not true.” I looked away because at that moment I simply could not109Please respect copyright.PENANANGFfok8Xx6
look at him, my chest was hurting so much. Instead, I took one last look around that109Please respect copyright.PENANA0xPa7HLIxE
room for something was telling me that I would not see it again; and even though109Please respect copyright.PENANABWUPuMDyx9
those painful memories were still piercing me every time my eyes noticed something109Please respect copyright.PENANAhNCYgpTVHk
new, they still couldn’t hurt me anywhere near as much. It would take me a while.109Please respect copyright.PENANAkqLSLvjxY6
“You ready?” But that was time we did not have.109Please respect copyright.PENANAnbyUw6AZAw
“If the time ever comes for us to depart, I will shed many more of those for you,109Please respect copyright.PENANAimiEidtvXT
Father.” He looked somewhat puzzled at me, and I felt my cheeks burn more than ever109Please respect copyright.PENANARfDNKQmP0b
before. “You were the one that woke me, were you not?” I asked after patting my cheeks109Please respect copyright.PENANAYGk9kamO8b
a few repeated times, desperately trying to cool them, or at least erase that pinkish hue109Please respect copyright.PENANAzRSXEqBzaq
I was sure to be colouring them. “The one that brought me into this conscious state?”109Please respect copyright.PENANAQoZtleijkk
I took it gently for I felt nervous treading through such words “It seems then to me109Please respect copyright.PENANA7QipmOP61t
that the term fits quite appropriately. Or does it bother you?”109Please respect copyright.PENANAO3lk6rygzg
“No.” He said before focusing his eyes again on what was going on outside;109Please respect copyright.PENANAecoo3KV2xv
“No, it doesn’t bother me.” and then he held my hand “I just have not been called that109Please respect copyright.PENANADEjZKTvzoH
in a very long time.”109Please respect copyright.PENANAq4m4v6Ozf7
“I promise I will try not to wear it down.” I smiled immediately after and he did too.109Please respect copyright.PENANADxofwUELqU
That moment however, was not allowed to last as the increasing happenings on the109Please respect copyright.PENANABiwvwQf1zI
outside magnified his haste, and by proxy, mine.109Please respect copyright.PENANA1pmqOGZtut
“We need to wait for just the right time,” he grumbled.109Please respect copyright.PENANAhFwpl1H6Uy
“Maybe... maybe...” I repeated a few times.109Please respect copyright.PENANARFWvwPuNqy
“Huh?” he asked before immediately realising... “Oh!”109Please respect copyright.PENANAuAi0XNGABs
“Maybe...” my eyes were still glued to that sign, previously some luteous gibberish109Please respect copyright.PENANAKhXeBkvCY6
but now something more, words without sound that I could understand, read...
“Multiple109Please respect copyright.PENANALyHdYsBxrt
Assembled109Please respect copyright.PENANA66nmCwBOKo
Young109Please respect copyright.PENANA5No5FC50ao
Biologic109Please respect copyright.PENANA61v0zEQI6U
Entities”