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I then heard a big sound outside, we both did, one that made us shiver. It frightened425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPkl8xEpNbP
me deeply and as much as I wished it to be just the one scare, it was not to be.425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFaWauh1KYp
“It has begun.” He confessed rather calmly as if he was already expecting it.425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBAKzwNOWMt
Many more terrible sounds soon followed, screams and other noises of terror just425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5bQlq5BBIw
outside that room, and as my eyes began rummaging in a most panicky manner, he425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCJrIfejf4Z
placed his hands on my cheeks and stared right at me: “It’s alright.” He reassured me425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb7h7fHOCKL
“This is intended, you understand? It is according to the plan.” He was staring at me425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsLluOH3UYI
with deep concern, but there was no lie in his words.425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI4qbt1poWe
“What is happening?” I reluctantly asked, “What is this place?” I felt like I was425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxQuCMmlL86
finally able to understand myself for the most part, or at least most of my spoken425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMk0LPdbRuL
words were now sounding just like my thoughts before I voiced them. “Please?”425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2uYoMCjg0U
I insisted ...425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡulbcQNLWIa
“We don’t have much time for this,” Those hoarse words pushed through between425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkuIEqMJBzO
nervous breaths, and it seemed I could now understand them without too much425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZG7a634LNn
impediment “but you have just been awakened ... or born, if you will.”425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9dm1AXNSRf
“I don’t understand,” I begged for more as he turned his back to me to begin those425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPfcZFzUjbN
rushed preparations, and when I was about to insist, he spoke to me some more.425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtDslWV2NqK
“You were born into this world - born, the word born, you already know the425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTBP6J693PO
meaning?”425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2I543Rrll2
“Yes ...”425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC0SASi5F3R
“Yes, of course, you do.” He responded with a smile before continuing, “Either way,425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD9FxITaK2x
you were born into it or perhaps brought here from another; not even I know for sure425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqmK1TDbEH4
which one applies more correctly. Not even after so many... Anyway, I know you are to425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjsAxnQRDvj
be charged with bearing most of this world’s responsibility.”425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSEb2PC1SSO
“Charged?” I asked.425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSS44kUgnTe
“Yes charged, and by none other than yourself. But first, we need to get you out of425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ26DZKf5iiF
here. We must deliver you somewhere safe.” He stopped to look straight at me “I know425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2id4rBDtuy
you have so many questions, but it is imperative that you save them for later.”425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdtm7o1dZrh
“You must put your trust in me, you understand? You must trust me and be patient.425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvuMefbO1Na
Time itself will tell you all that you might want to know right now and then some. Just425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkfDL4Ry3Md
wait.” He turned again to resume those rushed preparations; “I take it that it will not425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUMhcIlrSea
be long before I am the one turning to you for some answers. For now, just be patient425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh5WXnICa1a
and do what I ask of you.”425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5JfkUZsukq
“What am I? How can I have learned this much already, and so fast?” I stopped for425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH8UiPpErJK
a moment, and then looked him in the eye: “And how can I know that is not normal?”425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCsmjhnfX2P
“Not a what, but a who.” He replied while turning away from me but still, likely425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbaB8UM4Zie
against his wishes, I felt that those words were brought forth in a somewhat vague and425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡud42ywfc2Q
unassertive manner.425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWSd3FH5rSE
“Who then...” I could not help but be distracted by all that was raging on just outside425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWu3dwLs5xh
that room; the several noises rampaging all around, those constant screams escorted425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVDeh9XDOg8
now by other gruesome sounds of violence. I tightly shut my eyes for a moment, in425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ704gAWTEmY
the hopes that somehow it would all go away, and then looked at him again. I found425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMAC6oilqSS
comfort in that even if he himself seemed desperate to finish gathering all sorts of425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVU6AlsllsE
things from those silvered tables, he too seemed afraid. “Who then?” I was so hoping425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqw8Gb6Jn1o
he would cave, if just for a moment, but no such luck.425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSgiwIE74rV
So, I just sat there, completely free from any physical bonds but with my feelings425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtCJSPl5ce2
still tying me to that bed. I remained still, watching him pack those last things with425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG4A2Y0rneS
great haste: all sorts of papers and the tools to inscribe on them, some food, and a few425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcBnWAGibKe
other utensils too that I could not yet recognize.425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIFSKtB0eAM
I felt so inclined to ask him again, but before I managed to assemble the required425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRpy72ujjG4
words, I got hit in the head, something fierce!425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl6xClnZjQ4
A presentiment, a quick vision of a clap of thunder cutting through heavy rain and,425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2pArrCl2zT
amidst it all, some sort of airship struggling through it. Could that have been just a425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡogLBAK47sd
random trick of my imagination or the thunderclap of catastrophe? What was that?425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXVvIsqkCIT
It felt so...425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWO8giDcvWB
A premonition perhaps, or a distorted perception of my unknown present?425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSaWG3Seu3k
Surprised I looked at him only for my doubts to be met with a wry grin.
