“Does that include me?” I asked “Am I one of these ´Maybe´? Father?” I noticed100Please respect copyright.PENANAJFgJJK2Q3x
he chose not to answer, but instead to deflect, “Since you can read already, I am sure100Please respect copyright.PENANAkqafdmxkcs
your writing skills are close behind, and so I would have you do something for me.100Please respect copyright.PENANAZt4Q4ROsDa
Something quite important.”100Please respect copyright.PENANAHUuJgafDa3
“I know writing, I mean what that is.” I remember waving my finger around as100Please respect copyright.PENANAdKIFz6cCw1
I tried to mimic the words on that sign “But I am not sure I can do it myself. Not yet.”100Please respect copyright.PENANAn5Xxca672Q
“It will come to you,” He smiled, his most appreciated attempt at inspiring any100Please respect copyright.PENANAwre8jeQ83U
confidence in me, “and when it does, I would like for you to write down everything100Please respect copyright.PENANAHPPXCZ9Iax
that is going to transpire tonight.” He then rummaged through that big bag he had100Please respect copyright.PENANA95Uiaiu68l
been readying for the last moments, before finally slapping his forehead after realising100Please respect copyright.PENANAIPHRAp78qu
what he was looking for was already in one of his pockets. He took it out, and then100Please respect copyright.PENANA1u28BNPInT
proudly handed it to me. That very same notebook that you now hold in your hand,100Please respect copyright.PENANAy7LGVZ6Wkg
“Can you do that for me?” He insisted.100Please respect copyright.PENANAglITPx6oY1
“I am not sure I -”100Please respect copyright.PENANAGMaoPBC1aR
“It will come to you, all the memories and much more.” He smiled as he handed100Please respect copyright.PENANAul1DlfhIun
me some pencils too, “And when you know how, when you feel confident enough to100Please respect copyright.PENANAuBWXNjdzCn
start, I want you to write down everything concerning tonight. Write as much as you100Please respect copyright.PENANAPM2DzZ2X2g
can - use whatever sight is available to you; pen down whatever your eyes or your mind100Please respect copyright.PENANAMcZIPXuqog
decide to show you – keep writing until you find yourself out of here.”100Please respect copyright.PENANAuLFKFgn79h
“Can I make it like a story?” I asked shyly, “Of sorts...”100Please respect copyright.PENANATZh5RpMNEW
“Yes, if it pleases you. You can try and structure it like that if you want but do try100Please respect copyright.PENANA1aNIAjLYQe
and avoid any glib words.” He took another quick and desperate peek through that100Please respect copyright.PENANAXsesNnoFv6
still barely opened crimson metal door “Then you can read it back to me, and to others,100Please respect copyright.PENANA9XiPMbUotI
once we are far and away from this place - safe and under the sun.”100Please respect copyright.PENANANGVbX9t0Ba
“Can I make some drawings too?” My heart jumped in expectation. “Well,”100Please respect copyright.PENANArh1qULPCXE
He looked at me again, with the most patient of smiles “yes, certainly. Whatever helps100Please respect copyright.PENANAapulXGVmFN
you in the telling, why not?” He rummaged again for some crayons which he then100Please respect copyright.PENANAJGM3HhhfMX
handed to me, and then he hesitantly returned his worrisome look to what was waiting100Please respect copyright.PENANAO4NqUrcMM2
on the other side of that door.100Please respect copyright.PENANAGXpEOtRa9G
“Are we going now?” I asked while holding all the things he gave me as tightly as my100Please respect copyright.PENANAhC2R9yvUbY
little weak hands possibly could, “Father?”100Please respect copyright.PENANAn7mxq9oseL
“Where could they be?” I heard him whisper “Well, no matter.” He took a deep breath,100Please respect copyright.PENANAZ6Zi3k42ZW
“Our way seems to be clear.” He then turned to me, with his eyes staring at mine in a100Please respect copyright.PENANABzfiIDw6oW
more serious way than I had thought possible. “This is it. Are you ready?”100Please respect copyright.PENANAKKrFwvjmS7
“Yes...” I scattered all the pencils and crayons across all pockets available to me and,100Please respect copyright.PENANAkdHjaTY3Dj
while holding that notebook tightly in my right arm, I slowly extended my left one.100Please respect copyright.PENANA16dleknr2C
He gently took hold of my hand, caressed my fingers a few times behind a comforting100Please respect copyright.PENANASIbQMkOdxV
smile, and then pulled me with him...100Please respect copyright.PENANAdgpAt2Ucji
... and that is why I wrote all that you now hold.100Please respect copyright.PENANAEivHzupteX
“I see...” The Tinker admitted a bit dubiously when we were already back his place,100Please respect copyright.PENANAcvcZbYrRjf
“That is quite the tale.” His fingers constantly caressing the well-worn cover of that100Please respect copyright.PENANASAaiGPTx69
notebook; so easily displaying all the eagerness that his eyes would not share.100Please respect copyright.PENANAG3wP4euaBj
“That is what happened.”100Please respect copyright.PENANADSzFjubprm
“Well, and what then?” He asked as he gestured me to take a seat. We were now in100Please respect copyright.PENANATOH6qQ7DZS
what he called a ´living room´, and I could see all sorts of things scattered around that100Please respect copyright.PENANAc1v8SLYOFX
makeshift table standing distinguishably in the middle. “Go on, sit down. Wherever100Please respect copyright.PENANAXpbIqGUNws
you like.” he insisted after placing my notebook in the centre of that table. Then he100Please respect copyright.PENANAuVlES8Y3JC
turned around, towards some cupboards and a device leaking out all sorts of fire.100Please respect copyright.PENANA79f1oifutH
“Can I take this one?” I asked regarding one of the few chairs I found in a usable100Please respect copyright.PENANAvSaCzlY8dv
condition.100Please respect copyright.PENANAvNu4EM0phU
“Go right ahead.” He promptly allowed, without even looking to see what I could be100Please respect copyright.PENANA5TqjyggbLU
referring to, as he was now clearly too busy preparing something. “Thank you.”100Please respect copyright.PENANAqxTzSsDuNX
“And then,” he asked me again, “what happened after?” He turned around holding a100Please respect copyright.PENANAbsq4GqPa5s
tray. On it rested a couple of exceptionally large and funny looking mugs, and between100Please respect copyright.PENANAc1yd7zcpGe
them was a smoking metal pot.