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Young and asleep, oblivious to the frustrations yet to come their way. I noticed then334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0HTCVm8xJL
that some of them had tubes going into their bodies through all sorts of possible ways.334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIdk4GKzv2s
My scared mouth could not help itself this time, and so a loud gasp inevitably made334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxFCOxR1vfA
itself heard -my voice sounded nothing like the thoughts in my head- and then I heard334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsbheDAg14a
someone coming.334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoEngtoN58C
I was scared. Fear is, after all, the first emotion taught to any living thing.334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡamAVPuW0vU
I did not have to keep on guessing for long, however, as through the corner of my334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡth3Ik0vfQ4
struggling eye, I was able to appreciate him somewhat. I uttered something in response334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZYqM158oyp
to being so scared, though I was unable to understand it myself at the time. Then I felt334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn0R8wysHyl
a pair of trembling fingers gently caressing my face and my eyelids. Those wrinkled334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8BttqjMd3z
hands then proceeded to go all over my naked body: checking, poking, searching.334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7HBHa4OIPr
Examining.334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlxqu5VbEtE
My eyes could not do much else but wander aimlessly while that was all taking334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF6lq90qQ4S
place; trying to divert my attention of what could be going on. I then noticed some334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsieJ2flAKi
luteous markings on some of those darkened walls - although I was unable to read334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBLjzunxhKT
them, they still held some interest over me, if only momentarily. My eyes decided334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3kcCzhVNg9
then to continue their penurious tour only to be halted again by one of those beds.334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgMhHreviBK
Someone was twitching under a few heavy white blankets, someone even smaller than334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDTa6L4OKG5
me I would say, twitching and complaining; and right before my mouth could exclaim334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKMWXp4B2LO
a word, my face was turned away from it.334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7rWO1ysnsu
A warm and trembling hand was now making me stare at an even older face: one334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2DchLaBUOw
whose wrinkles easily drew an expression of worry. I started to hear his voice, hoarse,334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKieh8S5tPJ
masculine, and old; completely the opposite of what mine had previously sounded like.334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlBChIGIXfG
I could tell he was urgently trying to tell me something but his words, just like my very334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnsKtff450H
own, were no more than indistinguishable sounds to me. Gently his trembling fingers334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCdCREzWgoH
began rubbing around my eyes as if he knew they were hurting, and sure enough after334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMpib5dIODH
a while, any remaining blurriness still holding onto the corners of my sight was gone.334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDsmSROaaQ3
Immediately after, and as fast as he could, he began removing all the restraints tying334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡedh2G2k5sd
me to that bed, and after that was done, he helped me to sit.334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS5sM4aJXrq
He had a big smile on his face as if he were so proud of me, and although I could not334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡICEo0p53a3
understand the sounds coming from between his lips, his eyes could easily tell me as334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8hc56aES6H
much. More than once I signalled him that I could not understand him, but no matter334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtxVs0G36Pg
how many times I would nod my head he still would not stop.334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ354Z6sTkP9
His mouth kept moving as if my ears could make all sense out of them. He tried and334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh3AhfnepvY
tried and tried until he made me smile for the first time, shyly at first but eventually334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY8yhzV1g4V
he even managed to steal my first giggle. He smiled back. I will never forget my334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHGTu3fjXL2
first pleasant exchange with another, nor will I forget that loud sound that came to334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ3hCF5OnKr
interrupt it.334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtjbiBXdrx1
A big shriek, the sound of metal being dragged across more metal; it interrupted334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4KaPct73qc
us and made him look away from me. That older face turned away from me so fast,334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGFiZMsbnCI
towards that door opening, and the younger man that proceeded to walk through334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ9metjauER
it. They began to hastily exchange sounds between them and the more they did,334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtk0XkKCzYZ
incredibly, the easier it became for me to understand what they were saying.334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnSVHwGqeyU
A few short words at first... “Sir... you... certain?” The new man asked.334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4dqCrITQzL
“It... the... way.” The older man replied, and it quickly became apparent he was in334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3f7LmxND04
charge no matter how their words were being exchanged.334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLWCZyGy3R2
“But... ...dangerous game... ...!” The young man said before storming off. The older334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJIfIArnU44
one tried to follow him, but he stopped at the door. He whispered something and even334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLaB7fqMscJ
though I could not understand it, I knew it to be sad.334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxV3VMzLW3u
“Did you ... any ... that?” He asked as he made his way towards me, “You did... you?”334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ43XkBdbhhc
“Yes...”334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpT0vPScNkI
That reply impressed no one else more than it did me.334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoKDutF6JTp
The way I bounced in surprise almost threw me out of that bed.334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgGmXw1ABpZ
“Easy there.” He held me gently, “It will only get easier for you by the moment.”334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZqasO57igD
“Easier?” I had to inquire, “What?”334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEYth5sISxK
“Everyt... will.” His eyes immediately adopted a more serious look, and the rest of334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡscJw08BdU3
his face followed, “But first... must... you... of here.”
