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Young and asleep, oblivious to the frustrations yet to come their way. I noticed then384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8vFBD4MIxF
that some of them had tubes going into their bodies through all sorts of possible ways.384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjeDHYZO8tW
My scared mouth could not help itself this time, and so a loud gasp inevitably made384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAXKAKZPKUI
itself heard -my voice sounded nothing like the thoughts in my head- and then I heard384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGBFaYd4fvw
someone coming.384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlKn7bvYE77
I was scared. Fear is, after all, the first emotion taught to any living thing.384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlao93nRWR3
I did not have to keep on guessing for long, however, as through the corner of my384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡooGwr3Ebkt
struggling eye, I was able to appreciate him somewhat. I uttered something in response384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4wVzvxx9iS
to being so scared, though I was unable to understand it myself at the time. Then I felt384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYo3dKJ6J4I
a pair of trembling fingers gently caressing my face and my eyelids. Those wrinkled384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIjGaDUxTWR
hands then proceeded to go all over my naked body: checking, poking, searching.384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9M7et47cna
Examining.384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt8KRWE9ZOF
My eyes could not do much else but wander aimlessly while that was all taking384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqQqz3tkd5D
place; trying to divert my attention of what could be going on. I then noticed some384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw9UbfhwBAR
luteous markings on some of those darkened walls - although I was unable to read384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTyiHKsZNeL
them, they still held some interest over me, if only momentarily. My eyes decided384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGOOTvHDa6p
then to continue their penurious tour only to be halted again by one of those beds.384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJeHT3GaK3p
Someone was twitching under a few heavy white blankets, someone even smaller than384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoB5ZhBqXYA
me I would say, twitching and complaining; and right before my mouth could exclaim384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYAZ2pwq069
a word, my face was turned away from it.384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWMtvzjPLIT
A warm and trembling hand was now making me stare at an even older face: one384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhGksHPYAYy
whose wrinkles easily drew an expression of worry. I started to hear his voice, hoarse,384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ79Ck9BDx03
masculine, and old; completely the opposite of what mine had previously sounded like.384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbZjtdfh1QM
I could tell he was urgently trying to tell me something but his words, just like my very384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnxsv6N7P5l
own, were no more than indistinguishable sounds to me. Gently his trembling fingers384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCZ3rwCUyEG
began rubbing around my eyes as if he knew they were hurting, and sure enough after384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbgnwzSQePM
a while, any remaining blurriness still holding onto the corners of my sight was gone.384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4YFChAUPsr
Immediately after, and as fast as he could, he began removing all the restraints tying384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2nK0SBrMvx
me to that bed, and after that was done, he helped me to sit.384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmP4RggtlCP
He had a big smile on his face as if he were so proud of me, and although I could not384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRjpLVQZ1H6
understand the sounds coming from between his lips, his eyes could easily tell me as384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOqZO3TYmsC
much. More than once I signalled him that I could not understand him, but no matter384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYrYylBXeDh
how many times I would nod my head he still would not stop.384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2RWJWLMhbt
His mouth kept moving as if my ears could make all sense out of them. He tried and384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI7F4Oq7sEH
tried and tried until he made me smile for the first time, shyly at first but eventually384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4QH1L8QMCp
he even managed to steal my first giggle. He smiled back. I will never forget my384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Ny4fHra8S
first pleasant exchange with another, nor will I forget that loud sound that came to384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPMEGyR02eg
interrupt it.384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9J6yR3F4pv
A big shriek, the sound of metal being dragged across more metal; it interrupted384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnB63EgNgSS
us and made him look away from me. That older face turned away from me so fast,384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9JMcILKaYq
towards that door opening, and the younger man that proceeded to walk through384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXvltQndZJh
it. They began to hastily exchange sounds between them and the more they did,384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhoczSI8YEy
incredibly, the easier it became for me to understand what they were saying.384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3xIpdoZ5Qr
A few short words at first... “Sir... you... certain?” The new man asked.384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYqkQHJGAE2
“It... the... way.” The older man replied, and it quickly became apparent he was in384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIGz0IsP50S
charge no matter how their words were being exchanged.384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdWWuWueD38
“But... ...dangerous game... ...!” The young man said before storming off. The older384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlKHgZTHm2N
one tried to follow him, but he stopped at the door. He whispered something and even384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVmXYKTlvdI
though I could not understand it, I knew it to be sad.384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT8U5U6QCBD
“Did you ... any ... that?” He asked as he made his way towards me, “You did... you?”384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7uTG9U10u8
“Yes...”384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ19BwJeYBYE
That reply impressed no one else more than it did me.384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ441rVWsXbM
The way I bounced in surprise almost threw me out of that bed.384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx48b0OFGBq
“Easy there.” He held me gently, “It will only get easier for you by the moment.”384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡci7tl5G137
“Easier?” I had to inquire, “What?”384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmtze9GEZN4
“Everyt... will.” His eyes immediately adopted a more serious look, and the rest of384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnn5ZGkmWVx
his face followed, “But first... must... you... of here.”
