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Prologue
I have already learned the true nature of this world; every single language spoken by615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhPolv2PlNh
all the miscreated, bid farewell to all those that I ever met, and just finished predicting615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYHtO3swkd5
most outcomes - not bad for someone born only a day ago.615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡExtgCrqnEs
And now I must wait here for him, atop such a generous outcrop of stone; one so615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR9Ydxi7wQV
easily protruding from the most graceful display of running water. A creek, I think it615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWgLIpqGluJ
is called, that much like me, seems to always be running but never getting anywhere.615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3op7GYfVhL
I cannot think of a better example of the flow of time and design working perfectly615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWdnRy43NMc
in tandem. Yet another sample of what can be expected in this world above, I suppose615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKZHuPMC8SI
and hope; an example that for so long has dared to cross these woods that the one615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4AyZMS4TFK
I am waiting for, sometimes calls his own.615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTO3ahMG960
He should be here any moment now; my inherited memories keep assuring me615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVEIFu4pCt5
that he comes by this exact spot every day to make his crossing, and today will be no615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlmpy0wmhgR
exception. He will come. He will come and he will find me; he will find me, and he615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5E3b52gOGM
will say:615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMVoZWeLYme
“And who might you be?”615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiqZBG90A9X
After I turned around, I was greeted with a weird-looking old figure, much more so615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1M0rFIEIWe
than I was expecting, with an uneven pair of glasses barely hanging from his slightly615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7f0Dfpw3Lb
twirled nose and a long set of grey hair cascading, knot after knot, from the top of his615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRI8u04tkCf
head. Several pieces of mismatched armour were strapped to his tall if a bit hunched,615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3pC9CHDueg
body. They had been collected over a long period of time and from all kinds of sources.615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNwD8eYrlD7
His right hand held a solid piece of armament; he tried to disguise it as a walking stick,615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlrayRx60CD
but it was most definitely a good weapon. A haversack hung from his other shoulder,615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRHU45FXyhc
it was half open and mostly filled with all sorts of plants and a few samples of fungi.615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfcvEglL3w4
Then I noticed behind him followed a beast of burden; great of size and with quite615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7E4rOr4T3p
the relaxed jaw hanging under its corpulent nose. And if all the satchels covering its615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc9mSM90xEx
blue and green skin were not enough to define its purpose, its mellow eyes surely did615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjDgurHQpV9
the trick. Also, between its massive shoulders and the middle of its curved back, rested615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnhNamfRFXy
a large, purple saddle. One that was just big enough for two.615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgp6tO5i5YY
“I was waiting for you,” I steadily revealed to him.615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9H15qrqgrq
“It would certainly seem that way.” The old man replied quite unpreoccupied,615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjmfRCWweau
“Please tell me then, how is it that I am fated to find a little one such as yourself out615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdXnAi9bmVY
here, in the middle of these woods?” He asked as he began tying that beast to the615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOW7TCy5Za6
nearest tree.615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoVGuBgb6ta
“I just said,” I repeated without taking my eyes from all the papers I was holding,615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdDmxeXQauB
“that I came here to wait for you.”615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ66Y4W65YjC
“Quite right.” He stared at me for a moment, and then finally wetted his boots as he615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv0acUi6s03
ventured into that running water to make his approach. He did so slowly and carefully,615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyhlxlFx8Kk
as to not frighten me, which caused me to smile in appreciation. All the dirt and rips615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAJe8eLQUyn
in my mostly white clothes easily conveying to him that I had gone through quite a615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtcO1zWsphG
lot recently.615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQuuvgduvU4
“It’s alright. You can come closer.” I told him unabashedly.615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmjIvCig6r3
“Oh, were you writing?” He was quick to notice when close enough, “And at such a615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3LJvabWAOS
young age as well. Remarkable.” He then quickly followed that with a high opinion of615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9vWJIRqBIW
my scattered drawings, before picking one up: “And what about these? Did you draw615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPzioA5MANu
all of them as well?”615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcKHHDEdsf5
“I did.”615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡivLADrFvaa
“I know this man...” The old man confessed, “and this woman as well.” He added as615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHnj8ukhyxV
his eyes caught glimpse of another half-finished sketch. He picked up that one as well,615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2IY8f8e97f
and then held them close to each other ...615Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCkvmH7ErML
“I know these people.” He insisted, without taking his eyes from those two pictures...
