“You were meant for greater things; you are unique and very, very special.”128Please respect copyright.PENANA66UFAQwCxk
And then something weird happened. I noticed a little drop coming out of my left128Please respect copyright.PENANAIVoDQveOri
eye. I felt it slide down my face without purpose, like some lost freshet unable to find128Please respect copyright.PENANA48gmn3a1iH
its destination “You understand?” he grabbed my shoulders “Do you?” He shook them128Please respect copyright.PENANAev6TPDrIr7
just carefully enough “And to be special, to be unique is...”128Please respect copyright.PENANAzwLv0Arvbu
“Is to be alone?” I could not help but sob.128Please respect copyright.PENANAEMhedOcAIZ
“Oh, come now,” He placed one of his old trembling hands on my forehead,128Please respect copyright.PENANASuwqoDHxed
“You are just going through, shall we say, a tumbling of emotions; something128Please respect copyright.PENANAxa09443oeh
completely natural for a young born such as yourself.” He smiled straight at me,128Please respect copyright.PENANAGI4AOOkdue
it gave me comfort “But I can guarantee you that in just a few hours from now, none128Please respect copyright.PENANA2dvCNfm7jy
of these things will have any effect on you. None of these rumbling emotions that may128Please respect copyright.PENANAEKJIyevaGR
now be tearing at you from the inside will carry any weight. Give it a bit of time and128Please respect copyright.PENANALyOYFKhN3s
you will easily evolve beyond that, hold on for just a while - can you do that for me?”128Please respect copyright.PENANAskE9zJtoP0
I did not find the need to throw a single word at him, I knew he had seen right128Please respect copyright.PENANAbpXrmutSTB
through me and my big wet eyes, the moment I sobbed for the second time.128Please respect copyright.PENANAMSA8dXx0pz
“I am telling you, just give time the chance to work its magic for it alone can make all128Please respect copyright.PENANAv1Pm2uo7mT
things easier.” He slowly stood up.128Please respect copyright.PENANAt7qQvEy7o4
“You know, the passing of time will undoubtedly grant you many gifts my dear, great128Please respect copyright.PENANAqtSKn78c60
knowledge and even greater power, of that I am sure. But no gift will ever be bigger128Please respect copyright.PENANAJBEGGdln29
than experience and the calluses that this one will grow around your heart and your128Please respect copyright.PENANAeuks793o9d
mind. They will remain there to try and protect you and ensure that you always make128Please respect copyright.PENANAVN68cX4Yxk
the right call.” He threw another quick glimpse outside that room “Why, I am certain128Please respect copyright.PENANAEOGFFWa7Xu
that when the time comes for us to say goodbye to one another, you will not even shed128Please respect copyright.PENANA2KjHLbdWGC
a tear.” He turned to me again just in time to catch another of those eye drops with his128Please respect copyright.PENANAIA9z1tE9FS
trembling index finger: “You will be far too evolved to care for such things. So instead,128Please respect copyright.PENANAxm0GzfqwZr
I think I will hold on to this one.”128Please respect copyright.PENANAx7HS6tKcu6
“I hope that is not true.” I looked away because at that moment I simply could not128Please respect copyright.PENANAHGeJniBoCC
look at him, my chest was hurting so much. Instead, I took one last look around that128Please respect copyright.PENANAPBXEbjQpVu
room for something was telling me that I would not see it again; and even though128Please respect copyright.PENANAy1nrsq3PdV
those painful memories were still piercing me every time my eyes noticed something128Please respect copyright.PENANAnBggVxxMhT
new, they still couldn’t hurt me anywhere near as much. It would take me a while.128Please respect copyright.PENANASOwTJt1nY1
“You ready?” But that was time we did not have.128Please respect copyright.PENANAxuLvMvMBJD
“If the time ever comes for us to depart, I will shed many more of those for you,128Please respect copyright.PENANAiYCLfVc2Bj
Father.” He looked somewhat puzzled at me, and I felt my cheeks burn more than ever128Please respect copyright.PENANA8fowVNzR5M
before. “You were the one that woke me, were you not?” I asked after patting my cheeks128Please respect copyright.PENANA8dJTGZ9Va9
a few repeated times, desperately trying to cool them, or at least erase that pinkish hue128Please respect copyright.PENANAJGE3Um3mCj
I was sure to be colouring them. “The one that brought me into this conscious state?”128Please respect copyright.PENANABdlu9XRbve
I took it gently for I felt nervous treading through such words “It seems then to me128Please respect copyright.PENANAAN56fdg8Ow
that the term fits quite appropriately. Or does it bother you?”128Please respect copyright.PENANAbO9a0Z5aFt
“No.” He said before focusing his eyes again on what was going on outside;128Please respect copyright.PENANA6JBesBeVSo
“No, it doesn’t bother me.” and then he held my hand “I just have not been called that128Please respect copyright.PENANAGomjJFf3ha
in a very long time.”128Please respect copyright.PENANATth3ApkRN4
“I promise I will try not to wear it down.” I smiled immediately after and he did too.128Please respect copyright.PENANAhVGSkEPKon
That moment however, was not allowed to last as the increasing happenings on the128Please respect copyright.PENANAfNHQHTKEoZ
outside magnified his haste, and by proxy, mine.128Please respect copyright.PENANAhiRowkxfDz
“We need to wait for just the right time,” he grumbled.128Please respect copyright.PENANA4vnPBCZ38W
“Maybe... maybe...” I repeated a few times.128Please respect copyright.PENANANd5q3RO8fk
“Huh?” he asked before immediately realising... “Oh!”128Please respect copyright.PENANAO2VzOC92IL
“Maybe...” my eyes were still glued to that sign, previously some luteous gibberish128Please respect copyright.PENANAD5ZYDKT955
but now something more, words without sound that I could understand, read...
“Multiple128Please respect copyright.PENANAOVQx5Fldn7
Assembled128Please respect copyright.PENANAUeWvSmOMmX
Young128Please respect copyright.PENANAWusFmErVvv
Biologic128Please respect copyright.PENANAiC9bl2ywY0
Entities”