
Young and asleep, oblivious to the frustrations yet to come their way. I noticed then335Please respect copyright.PENANAvdQFmuPSuE
that some of them had tubes going into their bodies through all sorts of possible ways.335Please respect copyright.PENANAeYdyUsgINF
My scared mouth could not help itself this time, and so a loud gasp inevitably made335Please respect copyright.PENANATZ3ZElu2Cj
itself heard -my voice sounded nothing like the thoughts in my head- and then I heard335Please respect copyright.PENANAtGXejz6Rm2
someone coming.335Please respect copyright.PENANAnGGrv6GWLP
I was scared. Fear is, after all, the first emotion taught to any living thing.335Please respect copyright.PENANAqvIfD9Fvbh
I did not have to keep on guessing for long, however, as through the corner of my335Please respect copyright.PENANAafya89fOOl
struggling eye, I was able to appreciate him somewhat. I uttered something in response335Please respect copyright.PENANALE2YdnI7w2
to being so scared, though I was unable to understand it myself at the time. Then I felt335Please respect copyright.PENANA393VabFgrT
a pair of trembling fingers gently caressing my face and my eyelids. Those wrinkled335Please respect copyright.PENANAsfvuJBuEoJ
hands then proceeded to go all over my naked body: checking, poking, searching.335Please respect copyright.PENANAwMJdj78swK
Examining.335Please respect copyright.PENANAUFtcJDifi4
My eyes could not do much else but wander aimlessly while that was all taking335Please respect copyright.PENANAvFF2Mzuo6b
place; trying to divert my attention of what could be going on. I then noticed some335Please respect copyright.PENANA3T8zMtbfPR
luteous markings on some of those darkened walls - although I was unable to read335Please respect copyright.PENANAhIKecokZVz
them, they still held some interest over me, if only momentarily. My eyes decided335Please respect copyright.PENANAxfTjN9PiaB
then to continue their penurious tour only to be halted again by one of those beds.335Please respect copyright.PENANA1tMS8D27mx
Someone was twitching under a few heavy white blankets, someone even smaller than335Please respect copyright.PENANATkEPmCN0IK
me I would say, twitching and complaining; and right before my mouth could exclaim335Please respect copyright.PENANATBI2OdbFhN
a word, my face was turned away from it.335Please respect copyright.PENANAW097YhBJcz
A warm and trembling hand was now making me stare at an even older face: one335Please respect copyright.PENANALpRunVvn33
whose wrinkles easily drew an expression of worry. I started to hear his voice, hoarse,335Please respect copyright.PENANAV8XStSkFDw
masculine, and old; completely the opposite of what mine had previously sounded like.335Please respect copyright.PENANAUeR8eJRb9i
I could tell he was urgently trying to tell me something but his words, just like my very335Please respect copyright.PENANAeEK0YJzc4g
own, were no more than indistinguishable sounds to me. Gently his trembling fingers335Please respect copyright.PENANAx2OGwKqk80
began rubbing around my eyes as if he knew they were hurting, and sure enough after335Please respect copyright.PENANAla5VKJAJH1
a while, any remaining blurriness still holding onto the corners of my sight was gone.335Please respect copyright.PENANANA7n4NqRpU
Immediately after, and as fast as he could, he began removing all the restraints tying335Please respect copyright.PENANAFW1MUPcCG7
me to that bed, and after that was done, he helped me to sit.335Please respect copyright.PENANATIfXKldfi4
He had a big smile on his face as if he were so proud of me, and although I could not335Please respect copyright.PENANAoqs6YZcibn
understand the sounds coming from between his lips, his eyes could easily tell me as335Please respect copyright.PENANAtMVmJTpzND
much. More than once I signalled him that I could not understand him, but no matter335Please respect copyright.PENANAPraxU7yP1U
how many times I would nod my head he still would not stop.335Please respect copyright.PENANAGy6sHbdVHQ
His mouth kept moving as if my ears could make all sense out of them. He tried and335Please respect copyright.PENANAAIR2SCE5J1
tried and tried until he made me smile for the first time, shyly at first but eventually335Please respect copyright.PENANAX8fedt1JOJ
he even managed to steal my first giggle. He smiled back. I will never forget my335Please respect copyright.PENANA5KeEtOLQ3a
first pleasant exchange with another, nor will I forget that loud sound that came to335Please respect copyright.PENANAdz4DipROib
interrupt it.335Please respect copyright.PENANADjVrFoyUDw
A big shriek, the sound of metal being dragged across more metal; it interrupted335Please respect copyright.PENANAbk5JhWqKTw
us and made him look away from me. That older face turned away from me so fast,335Please respect copyright.PENANAOJXys16BH5
towards that door opening, and the younger man that proceeded to walk through335Please respect copyright.PENANAhyEXeb0ofl
it. They began to hastily exchange sounds between them and the more they did,335Please respect copyright.PENANAQYVwB65qjn
incredibly, the easier it became for me to understand what they were saying.335Please respect copyright.PENANAoirXoD4MnY
A few short words at first... “Sir... you... certain?” The new man asked.335Please respect copyright.PENANAK7jriuaBwu
“It... the... way.” The older man replied, and it quickly became apparent he was in335Please respect copyright.PENANAdiz20pZo8q
charge no matter how their words were being exchanged.335Please respect copyright.PENANA1mLH12zmKs
“But... ...dangerous game... ...!” The young man said before storming off. The older335Please respect copyright.PENANAAb1KTxfax7
one tried to follow him, but he stopped at the door. He whispered something and even335Please respect copyright.PENANAjLpczeGbIx
though I could not understand it, I knew it to be sad.335Please respect copyright.PENANAS55Cu3S5ZS
“Did you ... any ... that?” He asked as he made his way towards me, “You did... you?”335Please respect copyright.PENANAUHO1vWqZp0
“Yes...”335Please respect copyright.PENANAzy7b10Z7iI
That reply impressed no one else more than it did me.335Please respect copyright.PENANA9Bl3bfeaPA
The way I bounced in surprise almost threw me out of that bed.335Please respect copyright.PENANA7HAVbVLTkg
“Easy there.” He held me gently, “It will only get easier for you by the moment.”335Please respect copyright.PENANAkkkDKqnW7A
“Easier?” I had to inquire, “What?”335Please respect copyright.PENANAKOb3NnBoZ3
“Everyt... will.” His eyes immediately adopted a more serious look, and the rest of335Please respect copyright.PENANAj1ad8CIakq
his face followed, “But first... must... you... of here.”