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I then heard a big sound outside, we both did, one that made us shiver. It frightened325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuErPyXYrX2
me deeply and as much as I wished it to be just the one scare, it was not to be.325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNluXtkR2gZ
“It has begun.” He confessed rather calmly as if he was already expecting it.325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1DK28IfXpM
Many more terrible sounds soon followed, screams and other noises of terror just325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQyP6JTO3tD
outside that room, and as my eyes began rummaging in a most panicky manner, he325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrxXlSIkYQv
placed his hands on my cheeks and stared right at me: “It’s alright.” He reassured me325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSiIgornhgm
“This is intended, you understand? It is according to the plan.” He was staring at me325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX3YdlPzDlc
with deep concern, but there was no lie in his words.325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUtTYUjY0tu
“What is happening?” I reluctantly asked, “What is this place?” I felt like I was325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2zHG6RXznJ
finally able to understand myself for the most part, or at least most of my spoken325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8X0pvdb8I9
words were now sounding just like my thoughts before I voiced them. “Please?”325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO5QmCHOecM
I insisted ...325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWpdqezHGUm
“We don’t have much time for this,” Those hoarse words pushed through between325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIQ3vy7jbO5
nervous breaths, and it seemed I could now understand them without too much325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJhMBECKgSd
impediment “but you have just been awakened ... or born, if you will.”325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZcCC5VPSOs
“I don’t understand,” I begged for more as he turned his back to me to begin those325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBG3nZiHLQK
rushed preparations, and when I was about to insist, he spoke to me some more.325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtnewMcZQFk
“You were born into this world - born, the word born, you already know the325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNx9fBAbOhz
meaning?”325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0gZwXFWwNp
“Yes ...”325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuOdtFF0Y1M
“Yes, of course, you do.” He responded with a smile before continuing, “Either way,325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkbIuo4IjUY
you were born into it or perhaps brought here from another; not even I know for sure325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡopBGXF6eTK
which one applies more correctly. Not even after so many... Anyway, I know you are to325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOFnOpUtyAQ
be charged with bearing most of this world’s responsibility.”325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbQi2U443UG
“Charged?” I asked.325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOki7PzlFAr
“Yes charged, and by none other than yourself. But first, we need to get you out of325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaX19ZA8qhd
here. We must deliver you somewhere safe.” He stopped to look straight at me “I know325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy3qXiPYUxx
you have so many questions, but it is imperative that you save them for later.”325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGt5p3VwXTg
“You must put your trust in me, you understand? You must trust me and be patient.325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLGusQ2RCH7
Time itself will tell you all that you might want to know right now and then some. Just325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbm16J0fuT1
wait.” He turned again to resume those rushed preparations; “I take it that it will not325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSgEKT72iz1
be long before I am the one turning to you for some answers. For now, just be patient325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEA4jkjaDA8
and do what I ask of you.”325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtCYN4mJ0zL
“What am I? How can I have learned this much already, and so fast?” I stopped for325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhI8qRzafVT
a moment, and then looked him in the eye: “And how can I know that is not normal?”325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjvC1er2iJo
“Not a what, but a who.” He replied while turning away from me but still, likely325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhk2rYHvPQm
against his wishes, I felt that those words were brought forth in a somewhat vague and325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjMrqRl47M5
unassertive manner.325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtQj6CEGh20
“Who then...” I could not help but be distracted by all that was raging on just outside325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡILtG0TX4zr
that room; the several noises rampaging all around, those constant screams escorted325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ61e0KFgWo8
now by other gruesome sounds of violence. I tightly shut my eyes for a moment, in325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1jA0oHudMF
the hopes that somehow it would all go away, and then looked at him again. I found325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ15hZU4zplI
comfort in that even if he himself seemed desperate to finish gathering all sorts of325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡywJtI19Zmg
things from those silvered tables, he too seemed afraid. “Who then?” I was so hoping325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdapmSM2zKj
he would cave, if just for a moment, but no such luck.325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu9iOxKRDkn
So, I just sat there, completely free from any physical bonds but with my feelings325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtfRbc5yGCx
still tying me to that bed. I remained still, watching him pack those last things with325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzCOG6i8mCh
great haste: all sorts of papers and the tools to inscribe on them, some food, and a few325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlYReaZqAuE
other utensils too that I could not yet recognize.325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7F4paVarbw
I felt so inclined to ask him again, but before I managed to assemble the required325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEzBZTpYklv
words, I got hit in the head, something fierce!325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4YMIRtaq7f
A presentiment, a quick vision of a clap of thunder cutting through heavy rain and,325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWp6CAaHCtV
amidst it all, some sort of airship struggling through it. Could that have been just a325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ4C78nPBOx
random trick of my imagination or the thunderclap of catastrophe? What was that?325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy15mcRjqaL
It felt so...325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6waPEhybic
A premonition perhaps, or a distorted perception of my unknown present?325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx0W2g0LrnA
Surprised I looked at him only for my doubts to be met with a wry grin.
