
Young and asleep, oblivious to the frustrations yet to come their way. I noticed then314Please respect copyright.PENANAb5Ha5lT5d0
that some of them had tubes going into their bodies through all sorts of possible ways.314Please respect copyright.PENANAZdyPQMjmeX
My scared mouth could not help itself this time, and so a loud gasp inevitably made314Please respect copyright.PENANAj2t0pIWNNh
itself heard -my voice sounded nothing like the thoughts in my head- and then I heard314Please respect copyright.PENANArk5I7tGXLD
someone coming.314Please respect copyright.PENANAlwZGKl77sR
I was scared. Fear is, after all, the first emotion taught to any living thing.314Please respect copyright.PENANAyIduJVJuoU
I did not have to keep on guessing for long, however, as through the corner of my314Please respect copyright.PENANAkjFlj8qzm7
struggling eye, I was able to appreciate him somewhat. I uttered something in response314Please respect copyright.PENANAQjiox5Z2bN
to being so scared, though I was unable to understand it myself at the time. Then I felt314Please respect copyright.PENANAIATei0sE6X
a pair of trembling fingers gently caressing my face and my eyelids. Those wrinkled314Please respect copyright.PENANAENLSEiigUd
hands then proceeded to go all over my naked body: checking, poking, searching.314Please respect copyright.PENANAEAdXHIyYGW
Examining.314Please respect copyright.PENANAhgHrEPi2oN
My eyes could not do much else but wander aimlessly while that was all taking314Please respect copyright.PENANAvGliYTRgHE
place; trying to divert my attention of what could be going on. I then noticed some314Please respect copyright.PENANAWupihm6WAo
luteous markings on some of those darkened walls - although I was unable to read314Please respect copyright.PENANASAhDeBwt0X
them, they still held some interest over me, if only momentarily. My eyes decided314Please respect copyright.PENANA3thDnFPuri
then to continue their penurious tour only to be halted again by one of those beds.314Please respect copyright.PENANASEiiHusoR8
Someone was twitching under a few heavy white blankets, someone even smaller than314Please respect copyright.PENANATAXXRFng4E
me I would say, twitching and complaining; and right before my mouth could exclaim314Please respect copyright.PENANAAWir0iUNRX
a word, my face was turned away from it.314Please respect copyright.PENANAKquybE3ifK
A warm and trembling hand was now making me stare at an even older face: one314Please respect copyright.PENANA84VqiZetoG
whose wrinkles easily drew an expression of worry. I started to hear his voice, hoarse,314Please respect copyright.PENANAfwamSoRMk0
masculine, and old; completely the opposite of what mine had previously sounded like.314Please respect copyright.PENANAxu22a4ef8R
I could tell he was urgently trying to tell me something but his words, just like my very314Please respect copyright.PENANAklcRMbH7YM
own, were no more than indistinguishable sounds to me. Gently his trembling fingers314Please respect copyright.PENANAZi5nNNAzfx
began rubbing around my eyes as if he knew they were hurting, and sure enough after314Please respect copyright.PENANAvuvIAR6y17
a while, any remaining blurriness still holding onto the corners of my sight was gone.314Please respect copyright.PENANAN3nHP4IBWp
Immediately after, and as fast as he could, he began removing all the restraints tying314Please respect copyright.PENANAWuV2tuuFmb
me to that bed, and after that was done, he helped me to sit.314Please respect copyright.PENANAFGXMjOkKl3
He had a big smile on his face as if he were so proud of me, and although I could not314Please respect copyright.PENANAODR7479Kw8
understand the sounds coming from between his lips, his eyes could easily tell me as314Please respect copyright.PENANARaBxA8wQzO
much. More than once I signalled him that I could not understand him, but no matter314Please respect copyright.PENANA1JLTvw3P8H
how many times I would nod my head he still would not stop.314Please respect copyright.PENANAwkvLeruNsx
His mouth kept moving as if my ears could make all sense out of them. He tried and314Please respect copyright.PENANAFSrcIPYpDa
tried and tried until he made me smile for the first time, shyly at first but eventually314Please respect copyright.PENANANJAkbGWNmo
he even managed to steal my first giggle. He smiled back. I will never forget my314Please respect copyright.PENANAzFnEZlIByp
first pleasant exchange with another, nor will I forget that loud sound that came to314Please respect copyright.PENANApvQHGmarmd
interrupt it.314Please respect copyright.PENANAdsP7HqmYi8
A big shriek, the sound of metal being dragged across more metal; it interrupted314Please respect copyright.PENANAot1oxuLdIM
us and made him look away from me. That older face turned away from me so fast,314Please respect copyright.PENANAhdQoE4yzoF
towards that door opening, and the younger man that proceeded to walk through314Please respect copyright.PENANAjOY7PulenN
it. They began to hastily exchange sounds between them and the more they did,314Please respect copyright.PENANAbh6K5Wouwp
incredibly, the easier it became for me to understand what they were saying.314Please respect copyright.PENANAu0T581esbW
A few short words at first... “Sir... you... certain?” The new man asked.314Please respect copyright.PENANAnkpTiYIGBg
“It... the... way.” The older man replied, and it quickly became apparent he was in314Please respect copyright.PENANAg5cnmM9Gs6
charge no matter how their words were being exchanged.314Please respect copyright.PENANA7o6t3mLDan
“But... ...dangerous game... ...!” The young man said before storming off. The older314Please respect copyright.PENANAJWzsw0vgZl
one tried to follow him, but he stopped at the door. He whispered something and even314Please respect copyright.PENANAcnfHLdsvYh
though I could not understand it, I knew it to be sad.314Please respect copyright.PENANAlZ3jpWkAd6
“Did you ... any ... that?” He asked as he made his way towards me, “You did... you?”314Please respect copyright.PENANAZixEJHAphu
“Yes...”314Please respect copyright.PENANA9GkP8iHeEb
That reply impressed no one else more than it did me.314Please respect copyright.PENANAjEHvxViEf8
The way I bounced in surprise almost threw me out of that bed.314Please respect copyright.PENANA9YlUyBXp7L
“Easy there.” He held me gently, “It will only get easier for you by the moment.”314Please respect copyright.PENANAQ5QewKK0SJ
“Easier?” I had to inquire, “What?”314Please respect copyright.PENANAkcJYavv2Y1
“Everyt... will.” His eyes immediately adopted a more serious look, and the rest of314Please respect copyright.PENANARlGepcEvWr
his face followed, “But first... must... you... of here.”