
Young and asleep, oblivious to the frustrations yet to come their way. I noticed then320Please respect copyright.PENANA86T9B4feG5
that some of them had tubes going into their bodies through all sorts of possible ways.320Please respect copyright.PENANAAv1wCnQYdQ
My scared mouth could not help itself this time, and so a loud gasp inevitably made320Please respect copyright.PENANAYDqfVaLx6k
itself heard -my voice sounded nothing like the thoughts in my head- and then I heard320Please respect copyright.PENANAcDiOZPvQ9V
someone coming.320Please respect copyright.PENANA8vuh5lVFqO
I was scared. Fear is, after all, the first emotion taught to any living thing.320Please respect copyright.PENANA7vNCX3p39D
I did not have to keep on guessing for long, however, as through the corner of my320Please respect copyright.PENANAGaSarvLacN
struggling eye, I was able to appreciate him somewhat. I uttered something in response320Please respect copyright.PENANAtwP0L2W5X1
to being so scared, though I was unable to understand it myself at the time. Then I felt320Please respect copyright.PENANAhKyMo5q0wZ
a pair of trembling fingers gently caressing my face and my eyelids. Those wrinkled320Please respect copyright.PENANAP8TTUBKhjm
hands then proceeded to go all over my naked body: checking, poking, searching.320Please respect copyright.PENANAAXRJ0ctUgA
Examining.320Please respect copyright.PENANAJEZPkne48c
My eyes could not do much else but wander aimlessly while that was all taking320Please respect copyright.PENANApe4nCJSxI1
place; trying to divert my attention of what could be going on. I then noticed some320Please respect copyright.PENANAUQqDU59Uxp
luteous markings on some of those darkened walls - although I was unable to read320Please respect copyright.PENANAsohEuS2DJV
them, they still held some interest over me, if only momentarily. My eyes decided320Please respect copyright.PENANAVl87YEQrCK
then to continue their penurious tour only to be halted again by one of those beds.320Please respect copyright.PENANAuQVJsUpeVa
Someone was twitching under a few heavy white blankets, someone even smaller than320Please respect copyright.PENANALTSwPKtVXK
me I would say, twitching and complaining; and right before my mouth could exclaim320Please respect copyright.PENANAqVkUotSF15
a word, my face was turned away from it.320Please respect copyright.PENANAyJrxw4nmH7
A warm and trembling hand was now making me stare at an even older face: one320Please respect copyright.PENANAk4o05XNkOX
whose wrinkles easily drew an expression of worry. I started to hear his voice, hoarse,320Please respect copyright.PENANAOrYKsoImfC
masculine, and old; completely the opposite of what mine had previously sounded like.320Please respect copyright.PENANAJCSPCE97Xh
I could tell he was urgently trying to tell me something but his words, just like my very320Please respect copyright.PENANASZzbMjbLqM
own, were no more than indistinguishable sounds to me. Gently his trembling fingers320Please respect copyright.PENANAGqf6qZRces
began rubbing around my eyes as if he knew they were hurting, and sure enough after320Please respect copyright.PENANAV3BxxXBgB0
a while, any remaining blurriness still holding onto the corners of my sight was gone.320Please respect copyright.PENANAmw5krbST6L
Immediately after, and as fast as he could, he began removing all the restraints tying320Please respect copyright.PENANAC7JqZG1eNV
me to that bed, and after that was done, he helped me to sit.320Please respect copyright.PENANAxIC33idvMm
He had a big smile on his face as if he were so proud of me, and although I could not320Please respect copyright.PENANAkF5v3Z0Xjh
understand the sounds coming from between his lips, his eyes could easily tell me as320Please respect copyright.PENANAp84ZmlZ4cn
much. More than once I signalled him that I could not understand him, but no matter320Please respect copyright.PENANAwLS0pNYakB
how many times I would nod my head he still would not stop.320Please respect copyright.PENANAsxdvAFSibx
His mouth kept moving as if my ears could make all sense out of them. He tried and320Please respect copyright.PENANA0xhVrm2g2M
tried and tried until he made me smile for the first time, shyly at first but eventually320Please respect copyright.PENANAVoDRKp9kMg
he even managed to steal my first giggle. He smiled back. I will never forget my320Please respect copyright.PENANAfm2tnTRMf3
first pleasant exchange with another, nor will I forget that loud sound that came to320Please respect copyright.PENANAQcRX6R6fSD
interrupt it.320Please respect copyright.PENANAKygSJMyL9y
A big shriek, the sound of metal being dragged across more metal; it interrupted320Please respect copyright.PENANANxkjCrpiHb
us and made him look away from me. That older face turned away from me so fast,320Please respect copyright.PENANAHzjmRb8b7H
towards that door opening, and the younger man that proceeded to walk through320Please respect copyright.PENANAOD00Iq8CGV
it. They began to hastily exchange sounds between them and the more they did,320Please respect copyright.PENANANGeScaTTHF
incredibly, the easier it became for me to understand what they were saying.320Please respect copyright.PENANAjHaR3mAiHx
A few short words at first... “Sir... you... certain?” The new man asked.320Please respect copyright.PENANAJf9m2Ae0DI
“It... the... way.” The older man replied, and it quickly became apparent he was in320Please respect copyright.PENANAJDxpuDlGUb
charge no matter how their words were being exchanged.320Please respect copyright.PENANAXPjR0AZRFN
“But... ...dangerous game... ...!” The young man said before storming off. The older320Please respect copyright.PENANAUrAa67PI3j
one tried to follow him, but he stopped at the door. He whispered something and even320Please respect copyright.PENANAaxxBSQ5w1w
though I could not understand it, I knew it to be sad.320Please respect copyright.PENANAYY3Spa5jh5
“Did you ... any ... that?” He asked as he made his way towards me, “You did... you?”320Please respect copyright.PENANAJEfHAIrUJX
“Yes...”320Please respect copyright.PENANATIw26LI20S
That reply impressed no one else more than it did me.320Please respect copyright.PENANAWrNGvXCAdV
The way I bounced in surprise almost threw me out of that bed.320Please respect copyright.PENANACmBoUQvwNq
“Easy there.” He held me gently, “It will only get easier for you by the moment.”320Please respect copyright.PENANAFJdtOqU6Wu
“Easier?” I had to inquire, “What?”320Please respect copyright.PENANAFNxh33qptB
“Everyt... will.” His eyes immediately adopted a more serious look, and the rest of320Please respect copyright.PENANAFK0EgyjyB7
his face followed, “But first... must... you... of here.”