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Young and asleep, oblivious to the frustrations yet to come their way. I noticed then291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQlu82cs5r0
that some of them had tubes going into their bodies through all sorts of possible ways.291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdxtBVVKVHv
My scared mouth could not help itself this time, and so a loud gasp inevitably made291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKg7AgsLgaf
itself heard -my voice sounded nothing like the thoughts in my head- and then I heard291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAxJYoSCjkw
someone coming.291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0IGs5aKq3J
I was scared. Fear is, after all, the first emotion taught to any living thing.291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlAILMK6CL0
I did not have to keep on guessing for long, however, as through the corner of my291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLr0upNkPRQ
struggling eye, I was able to appreciate him somewhat. I uttered something in response291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQjOvLeTQvK
to being so scared, though I was unable to understand it myself at the time. Then I felt291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ539KIl3W4
a pair of trembling fingers gently caressing my face and my eyelids. Those wrinkled291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPXLCrJ6dC6
hands then proceeded to go all over my naked body: checking, poking, searching.291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHVFXNmzezU
Examining.291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTj9jamGDTW
My eyes could not do much else but wander aimlessly while that was all taking291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPBGuiGf56q
place; trying to divert my attention of what could be going on. I then noticed some291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK5YOHeW4Fp
luteous markings on some of those darkened walls - although I was unable to read291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRNvgoUxtbJ
them, they still held some interest over me, if only momentarily. My eyes decided291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO76zQEMCaj
then to continue their penurious tour only to be halted again by one of those beds.291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqqOPfMJON7
Someone was twitching under a few heavy white blankets, someone even smaller than291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL59wKE5x1m
me I would say, twitching and complaining; and right before my mouth could exclaim291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYeg6CMrB0A
a word, my face was turned away from it.291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN4OFTJhtHR
A warm and trembling hand was now making me stare at an even older face: one291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3UnhWy9jb8
whose wrinkles easily drew an expression of worry. I started to hear his voice, hoarse,291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzRPNrEB1IA
masculine, and old; completely the opposite of what mine had previously sounded like.291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhvEa1IoNz9
I could tell he was urgently trying to tell me something but his words, just like my very291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1GzXHigoal
own, were no more than indistinguishable sounds to me. Gently his trembling fingers291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1kZsGkAtoz
began rubbing around my eyes as if he knew they were hurting, and sure enough after291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkXRVPXkWm7
a while, any remaining blurriness still holding onto the corners of my sight was gone.291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Ns02acYuh
Immediately after, and as fast as he could, he began removing all the restraints tying291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHFZyctIuJt
me to that bed, and after that was done, he helped me to sit.291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk30xPinlKN
He had a big smile on his face as if he were so proud of me, and although I could not291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Tz4LrJlov
understand the sounds coming from between his lips, his eyes could easily tell me as291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTJxsphMSHd
much. More than once I signalled him that I could not understand him, but no matter291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdaXnkimwhs
how many times I would nod my head he still would not stop.291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqv9VYccFOZ
His mouth kept moving as if my ears could make all sense out of them. He tried and291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEtz97IRA9s
tried and tried until he made me smile for the first time, shyly at first but eventually291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJLiwwuHIvm
he even managed to steal my first giggle. He smiled back. I will never forget my291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJbLqLJh7sa
first pleasant exchange with another, nor will I forget that loud sound that came to291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDsTNZGRqP2
interrupt it.291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKnJcd7owpz
A big shriek, the sound of metal being dragged across more metal; it interrupted291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUB4Tfnl5tO
us and made him look away from me. That older face turned away from me so fast,291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXb4H7JNu8Q
towards that door opening, and the younger man that proceeded to walk through291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTYDoUabfBr
it. They began to hastily exchange sounds between them and the more they did,291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbgWIRX13sF
incredibly, the easier it became for me to understand what they were saying.291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqqZ1uNhbdu
A few short words at first... “Sir... you... certain?” The new man asked.291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2PasNCSJPm
“It... the... way.” The older man replied, and it quickly became apparent he was in291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWUbZ6VVQIt
charge no matter how their words were being exchanged.291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoC41sr8Ple
“But... ...dangerous game... ...!” The young man said before storming off. The older291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3QY1h05jt9
one tried to follow him, but he stopped at the door. He whispered something and even291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy5PGlWC7y6
though I could not understand it, I knew it to be sad.291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRi7aJtSupC
“Did you ... any ... that?” He asked as he made his way towards me, “You did... you?”291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJBMSnfAL6s
“Yes...”291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIBZg5ooqbv
That reply impressed no one else more than it did me.291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡChFgDpZSUR
The way I bounced in surprise almost threw me out of that bed.291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk051mPp2Rp
“Easy there.” He held me gently, “It will only get easier for you by the moment.”291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz5hk0Gdjoe
“Easier?” I had to inquire, “What?”291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR0W4QFIhHh
“Everyt... will.” His eyes immediately adopted a more serious look, and the rest of291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxpQmVhE3Rf
his face followed, “But first... must... you... of here.”
