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Young and asleep, oblivious to the frustrations yet to come their way. I noticed then126Please respect copyright.PENANA0eAUaHJGg0
that some of them had tubes going into their bodies through all sorts of possible ways.126Please respect copyright.PENANAEEMnmBc566
My scared mouth could not help itself this time, and so a loud gasp inevitably made126Please respect copyright.PENANABXjoXkVviu
itself heard -my voice sounded nothing like the thoughts in my head- and then I heard126Please respect copyright.PENANA0w5jrLfYDR
someone coming.126Please respect copyright.PENANAOLUSa1sdMM
I was scared. Fear is, after all, the first emotion taught to any living thing.126Please respect copyright.PENANA4QCORne78C
I did not have to keep on guessing for long, however, as through the corner of my126Please respect copyright.PENANAsHglVHUfQ2
struggling eye, I was able to appreciate him somewhat. I uttered something in response126Please respect copyright.PENANA6il6vuurDg
to being so scared, though I was unable to understand it myself at the time. Then I felt126Please respect copyright.PENANAkdTMRQwf4J
a pair of trembling fingers gently caressing my face and my eyelids. Those wrinkled126Please respect copyright.PENANATPsj8W63pg
hands then proceeded to go all over my naked body: checking, poking, searching.126Please respect copyright.PENANAgSjvxDT76J
Examining.126Please respect copyright.PENANAE4r4BUquhh
My eyes could not do much else but wander aimlessly while that was all taking126Please respect copyright.PENANA1tRATi1cCM
place; trying to divert my attention of what could be going on. I then noticed some126Please respect copyright.PENANAAsaTPXN1Rf
luteous markings on some of those darkened walls - although I was unable to read126Please respect copyright.PENANArQWzDCIZAs
them, they still held some interest over me, if only momentarily. My eyes decided126Please respect copyright.PENANAPudEKUtb8d
then to continue their penurious tour only to be halted again by one of those beds.126Please respect copyright.PENANAT7YBT5uFJR
Someone was twitching under a few heavy white blankets, someone even smaller than126Please respect copyright.PENANAakoxOHnYRM
me I would say, twitching and complaining; and right before my mouth could exclaim126Please respect copyright.PENANAIQCtuE8jUl
a word, my face was turned away from it.126Please respect copyright.PENANAA3pwl51JqO
A warm and trembling hand was now making me stare at an even older face: one126Please respect copyright.PENANA2iDY8TGscz
whose wrinkles easily drew an expression of worry. I started to hear his voice, hoarse,126Please respect copyright.PENANA4KfeHFnFDk
masculine, and old; completely the opposite of what mine had previously sounded like.126Please respect copyright.PENANAa4176wRt5n
I could tell he was urgently trying to tell me something but his words, just like my very126Please respect copyright.PENANAEOsWnkAmta
own, were no more than indistinguishable sounds to me. Gently his trembling fingers126Please respect copyright.PENANACPQ5QGaqLV
began rubbing around my eyes as if he knew they were hurting, and sure enough after126Please respect copyright.PENANA5OjDYv59j8
a while, any remaining blurriness still holding onto the corners of my sight was gone.126Please respect copyright.PENANA5NSOjC2uaL
Immediately after, and as fast as he could, he began removing all the restraints tying126Please respect copyright.PENANA9tVsfTcVNi
me to that bed, and after that was done, he helped me to sit.126Please respect copyright.PENANABRFK78aQKM
He had a big smile on his face as if he were so proud of me, and although I could not126Please respect copyright.PENANAXFU587XOMw
understand the sounds coming from between his lips, his eyes could easily tell me as126Please respect copyright.PENANAth7V1j9b63
much. More than once I signalled him that I could not understand him, but no matter126Please respect copyright.PENANAKJPu0yKF4n
how many times I would nod my head he still would not stop.126Please respect copyright.PENANAw3TELQL4vJ
His mouth kept moving as if my ears could make all sense out of them. He tried and126Please respect copyright.PENANAhaP2z2HOGP
tried and tried until he made me smile for the first time, shyly at first but eventually126Please respect copyright.PENANAQUsbuMXRZI
he even managed to steal my first giggle. He smiled back. I will never forget my126Please respect copyright.PENANADQXFHJVBL0
first pleasant exchange with another, nor will I forget that loud sound that came to126Please respect copyright.PENANA0R5Qd2z3nL
interrupt it.126Please respect copyright.PENANAwsL1KX6OHY
A big shriek, the sound of metal being dragged across more metal; it interrupted126Please respect copyright.PENANAhFRh1rKd4V
us and made him look away from me. That older face turned away from me so fast,126Please respect copyright.PENANAaBCs8r5ASt
towards that door opening, and the younger man that proceeded to walk through126Please respect copyright.PENANATdXq9QiSud
it. They began to hastily exchange sounds between them and the more they did,126Please respect copyright.PENANA8PH54Q595p
incredibly, the easier it became for me to understand what they were saying.126Please respect copyright.PENANAqlM3z98xbo
A few short words at first... “Sir... you... certain?” The new man asked.126Please respect copyright.PENANAzZYDSeMAI1
“It... the... way.” The older man replied, and it quickly became apparent he was in126Please respect copyright.PENANAv4ytmPj6qQ
charge no matter how their words were being exchanged.126Please respect copyright.PENANAMorjeeRZ7x
“But... ...dangerous game... ...!” The young man said before storming off. The older126Please respect copyright.PENANALVSuJ4GZMd
one tried to follow him, but he stopped at the door. He whispered something and even126Please respect copyright.PENANASzwVLdavak
though I could not understand it, I knew it to be sad.126Please respect copyright.PENANATGfw6pnF2g
“Did you ... any ... that?” He asked as he made his way towards me, “You did... you?”126Please respect copyright.PENANAYl3X8nY3TE
“Yes...”126Please respect copyright.PENANABvR4YcHdyS
That reply impressed no one else more than it did me.126Please respect copyright.PENANAIx8e5bHxe0
The way I bounced in surprise almost threw me out of that bed.126Please respect copyright.PENANAxPqfJsDKQs
“Easy there.” He held me gently, “It will only get easier for you by the moment.”126Please respect copyright.PENANAQxtWRzuOYe
“Easier?” I had to inquire, “What?”126Please respect copyright.PENANA4FF4t8QESD
“Everyt... will.” His eyes immediately adopted a more serious look, and the rest of126Please respect copyright.PENANAAwY8S7hjUw
his face followed, “But first... must... you... of here.”