
“You were meant for greater things; you are unique and very, very special.”385Please respect copyright.PENANALFwLomkeis
And then something weird happened. I noticed a little drop coming out of my left385Please respect copyright.PENANAJ8sKkpLGU2
eye. I felt it slide down my face without purpose, like some lost freshet unable to find385Please respect copyright.PENANAc0tR6RXi3s
its destination “You understand?” he grabbed my shoulders “Do you?” He shook them385Please respect copyright.PENANA61svqSel6h
just carefully enough “And to be special, to be unique is...”385Please respect copyright.PENANAehr7Cb1Pjc
“Is to be alone?” I could not help but sob.385Please respect copyright.PENANAS9vGwlo6nm
“Oh, come now,” He placed one of his old trembling hands on my forehead,385Please respect copyright.PENANAKcH53Mx7LW
“You are just going through, shall we say, a tumbling of emotions; something385Please respect copyright.PENANAtJrqxX5e0k
completely natural for a young born such as yourself.” He smiled straight at me,385Please respect copyright.PENANAZtXq2VmP3T
it gave me comfort “But I can guarantee you that in just a few hours from now, none385Please respect copyright.PENANAKJGiD25IqH
of these things will have any effect on you. None of these rumbling emotions that may385Please respect copyright.PENANAN6oQO2WBm4
now be tearing at you from the inside will carry any weight. Give it a bit of time and385Please respect copyright.PENANAuNierdecLt
you will easily evolve beyond that, hold on for just a while - can you do that for me?”385Please respect copyright.PENANAm19ciTgF8h
I did not find the need to throw a single word at him, I knew he had seen right385Please respect copyright.PENANAqxSTirNTQt
through me and my big wet eyes, the moment I sobbed for the second time.385Please respect copyright.PENANAR9TvB19fL6
“I am telling you, just give time the chance to work its magic for it alone can make all385Please respect copyright.PENANAFlSHrrbJHN
things easier.” He slowly stood up.385Please respect copyright.PENANAjxPZ0L1Jke
“You know, the passing of time will undoubtedly grant you many gifts my dear, great385Please respect copyright.PENANA11CLupRPSD
knowledge and even greater power, of that I am sure. But no gift will ever be bigger385Please respect copyright.PENANAVleFDI1EVR
than experience and the calluses that this one will grow around your heart and your385Please respect copyright.PENANAJ9TlQnPMNs
mind. They will remain there to try and protect you and ensure that you always make385Please respect copyright.PENANAgTj8t1TZsJ
the right call.” He threw another quick glimpse outside that room “Why, I am certain385Please respect copyright.PENANA752koaoyQA
that when the time comes for us to say goodbye to one another, you will not even shed385Please respect copyright.PENANAhRr4lcsFOV
a tear.” He turned to me again just in time to catch another of those eye drops with his385Please respect copyright.PENANAKCMsuDBGPd
trembling index finger: “You will be far too evolved to care for such things. So instead,385Please respect copyright.PENANAl7rnIZm103
I think I will hold on to this one.”385Please respect copyright.PENANANG4NWsQJGn
“I hope that is not true.” I looked away because at that moment I simply could not385Please respect copyright.PENANA0rjCg8Uhrl
look at him, my chest was hurting so much. Instead, I took one last look around that385Please respect copyright.PENANA6BMHh2yl7R
room for something was telling me that I would not see it again; and even though385Please respect copyright.PENANAFaYVpP6JwJ
those painful memories were still piercing me every time my eyes noticed something385Please respect copyright.PENANAEiHg6sUzzP
new, they still couldn’t hurt me anywhere near as much. It would take me a while.385Please respect copyright.PENANABJtx7TBn6e
“You ready?” But that was time we did not have.385Please respect copyright.PENANAiz2GGoA32Z
“If the time ever comes for us to depart, I will shed many more of those for you,385Please respect copyright.PENANAA3ZeL0I8EM
Father.” He looked somewhat puzzled at me, and I felt my cheeks burn more than ever385Please respect copyright.PENANAfH0ZSW63F9
before. “You were the one that woke me, were you not?” I asked after patting my cheeks385Please respect copyright.PENANAhRcr7OKVKy
a few repeated times, desperately trying to cool them, or at least erase that pinkish hue385Please respect copyright.PENANAxyTIBPH0TF
I was sure to be colouring them. “The one that brought me into this conscious state?”385Please respect copyright.PENANAeJZCB1oWBy
I took it gently for I felt nervous treading through such words “It seems then to me385Please respect copyright.PENANAD9C2jVb2Mh
that the term fits quite appropriately. Or does it bother you?”385Please respect copyright.PENANAvhYrql3b7y
“No.” He said before focusing his eyes again on what was going on outside;385Please respect copyright.PENANAS9ZMpBs8GB
“No, it doesn’t bother me.” and then he held my hand “I just have not been called that385Please respect copyright.PENANAePYpQbOSyC
in a very long time.”385Please respect copyright.PENANA1ZaYDgl35J
“I promise I will try not to wear it down.” I smiled immediately after and he did too.385Please respect copyright.PENANAlA42nbBA86
That moment however, was not allowed to last as the increasing happenings on the385Please respect copyright.PENANAkeaEm3BElv
outside magnified his haste, and by proxy, mine.385Please respect copyright.PENANADfuweI1dYK
“We need to wait for just the right time,” he grumbled.385Please respect copyright.PENANAwQvC6pT9Qt
“Maybe... maybe...” I repeated a few times.385Please respect copyright.PENANAwBhTFpgrR6
“Huh?” he asked before immediately realising... “Oh!”385Please respect copyright.PENANALzCv4GXZsv
“Maybe...” my eyes were still glued to that sign, previously some luteous gibberish385Please respect copyright.PENANAppve5up2cY
but now something more, words without sound that I could understand, read...
“Multiple385Please respect copyright.PENANAO80lGf0QVk
Assembled385Please respect copyright.PENANApOMhab3m4k
Young385Please respect copyright.PENANAMZWZyctb9n
Biologic385Please respect copyright.PENANAYHkiFj4KAC
Entities”