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I then heard a big sound outside, we both did, one that made us shiver. It frightened428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTU5tFgKxkV
me deeply and as much as I wished it to be just the one scare, it was not to be.428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHvpFKOrkUs
“It has begun.” He confessed rather calmly as if he was already expecting it.428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF3ZnQpoiJK
Many more terrible sounds soon followed, screams and other noises of terror just428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtj9wIFsv7R
outside that room, and as my eyes began rummaging in a most panicky manner, he428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ZwuR5h5KP
placed his hands on my cheeks and stared right at me: “It’s alright.” He reassured me428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuTeZjn4JJC
“This is intended, you understand? It is according to the plan.” He was staring at me428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH9w2V65Bjg
with deep concern, but there was no lie in his words.428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzOUeuWetZW
“What is happening?” I reluctantly asked, “What is this place?” I felt like I was428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbWfuK9cG1W
finally able to understand myself for the most part, or at least most of my spoken428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2WvK9ny8cv
words were now sounding just like my thoughts before I voiced them. “Please?”428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3lBV0yoEgK
I insisted ...428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ196e9cGj60
“We don’t have much time for this,” Those hoarse words pushed through between428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD1fkeDLHPv
nervous breaths, and it seemed I could now understand them without too much428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnHmzu5xLn6
impediment “but you have just been awakened ... or born, if you will.”428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7q2nnc49Eg
“I don’t understand,” I begged for more as he turned his back to me to begin those428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIKCYOOiev8
rushed preparations, and when I was about to insist, he spoke to me some more.428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD14dYkeeYe
“You were born into this world - born, the word born, you already know the428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqpCzeNUmVY
meaning?”428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8csG14HgbK
“Yes ...”428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzcKgC8o6jI
“Yes, of course, you do.” He responded with a smile before continuing, “Either way,428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDIQzUtn0C5
you were born into it or perhaps brought here from another; not even I know for sure428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPVfFkM2Oeb
which one applies more correctly. Not even after so many... Anyway, I know you are to428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPxNg7TBZlK
be charged with bearing most of this world’s responsibility.”428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwMagcZ8Byy
“Charged?” I asked.428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH9KgCXNEmD
“Yes charged, and by none other than yourself. But first, we need to get you out of428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTQE979s7bb
here. We must deliver you somewhere safe.” He stopped to look straight at me “I know428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl9zEkVZMxB
you have so many questions, but it is imperative that you save them for later.”428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEp17WtB91s
“You must put your trust in me, you understand? You must trust me and be patient.428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Oos3Qi2cg
Time itself will tell you all that you might want to know right now and then some. Just428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVzhhzNIjCj
wait.” He turned again to resume those rushed preparations; “I take it that it will not428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzsFMJZAyF4
be long before I am the one turning to you for some answers. For now, just be patient428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ23tYMTzyt
and do what I ask of you.”428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4RQreYKSP2
“What am I? How can I have learned this much already, and so fast?” I stopped for428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl14X3dhbw8
a moment, and then looked him in the eye: “And how can I know that is not normal?”428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtM14fXSotK
“Not a what, but a who.” He replied while turning away from me but still, likely428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUQVMbitUAn
against his wishes, I felt that those words were brought forth in a somewhat vague and428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ1fPB7ec3e
unassertive manner.428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnio1rSfMse
“Who then...” I could not help but be distracted by all that was raging on just outside428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd9MUOWh7yq
that room; the several noises rampaging all around, those constant screams escorted428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpihEhHO3Cn
now by other gruesome sounds of violence. I tightly shut my eyes for a moment, in428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEAU2V9jL5t
the hopes that somehow it would all go away, and then looked at him again. I found428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtlgAM8glLs
comfort in that even if he himself seemed desperate to finish gathering all sorts of428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzMbY1k5Ojl
things from those silvered tables, he too seemed afraid. “Who then?” I was so hoping428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjrqrlfQpEg
he would cave, if just for a moment, but no such luck.428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIhQ85CSgSY
So, I just sat there, completely free from any physical bonds but with my feelings428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrAWsIUjBpO
still tying me to that bed. I remained still, watching him pack those last things with428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKT9tihk87J
great haste: all sorts of papers and the tools to inscribe on them, some food, and a few428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwmnjpKpyLe
other utensils too that I could not yet recognize.428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV4NercqXMb
I felt so inclined to ask him again, but before I managed to assemble the required428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi3ghnJ96Iu
words, I got hit in the head, something fierce!428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ18OtJRavtS
A presentiment, a quick vision of a clap of thunder cutting through heavy rain and,428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡydfClHvt7y
amidst it all, some sort of airship struggling through it. Could that have been just a428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY9GNZq6pLT
random trick of my imagination or the thunderclap of catastrophe? What was that?428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjDQyCXnZ8w
It felt so...428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeWFAZR2Byy
A premonition perhaps, or a distorted perception of my unknown present?428Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjVIOJp2aNI
Surprised I looked at him only for my doubts to be met with a wry grin.
