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Asking me in all sorts of ways, but repeatedly nonetheless, who I was or what reason347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSg6dKqcwRl
could I have to write such things. And after he untied the now even less threatening347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaVasg0dldH
beast of burden, he helped me find my place on top of its generous back.347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0qsZ9dG8GM
He then went around it, patting its massive head as he passed quite comfortably in347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFxi5PptMvv
front of it; and then he too took his place to my left.347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ89jhIHQbHL
Now, with the both of us sitting side by side and ready to go, he smiled at me347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNY2PoNsS3G
through the corner of his mouth before shouting for our advance. But the one he347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsqPrK8Px9N
called ´Gorliochi´ merely let out a howl of sorts... “Quit your blubbering.” He then347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjPZPnjiqCY
began to pull those reins on the big beast’s neck repeatedly until finally, the beast347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM5jN7VM86s
began to move... “There we go. By the way, you pay no heed to these misbehaviours,347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq4CB4tmce1
alright? Ol’ Gorli here likes to act a bit lazy these days.”347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfUzYZKsyIm
“I have never seen such a creature.”347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCUCViCxILN
“Yeah,” He let out a sad and drawn-out confirmation, “There are not many like him347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZFY4tCYhcR
around anymore. Frankly, I would be surprised if we ever encounter another one of his347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjKJ53qpPgF
kind.” He looked at me and then threw half a smile through the right corner of his347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlIPd9Ib43A
mouth; “Now, why don’t you start by telling me what made you write such a thing?347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3TcM9eGlc6
And more importantly: what is your real connection to that old fool? You know, he347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtMYfROa48e
and I; we have been friends for the longest time girl, and I even spoke to him just347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRap5yddoBm
recently.” He threw a quick look my way, obviously trying to fish for any kind of347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSOYoYB9cXX
reaction; “And he has never mentioned a single word about any plans for an adoption.”347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiXOfKv4KQq
“I am not that used to talking...” I warned, “what I mean is: I have not done it with347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx2mH6NPwlb
that many people yet so, I might - how you say - run off at the mouth.”347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7tZPnGVfMj
“Oh? Well then,” he explained through another crooked smile; one that revealed347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡotv2SO8d0Y
how few teeth he still had left, and also how big his gums were, “You can be at ease347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4OJPZUdAi1
since I am not that used to listening myself. “Besides,” he continued, “We still have347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiaxSKonrQf
ways to go, and nothing to do for the whole way but talk to each other. You just go347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8JBHzlQVDy
on for as much as you like without a worry. I am sure no word will feel unwarranted.”347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2N617gy6MF
“Alright,” I replied nervously, but also thankfully. “I guess it would be better if I just347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡapxBGG4BSe
went back to the beginning; to the very first time I opened my eyes...”347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6RMBKTiN22
“...” He threw me a look of disbelief, but after that initial scepticism, not once did347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbVeedcED0I
he dare to interrupt me again. Not until I was done with that longest of replies, and347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhNem1jZLLt
by then, we would already be making ourselves comfortable inside his most peculiar347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzdC2zfRhy8
household...347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAV2Yd7R98g
“...I slowly opened my eyes, like I had done so many times before, but still, they347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqu6JAq4YhN
could not trespass that pitch-black. It seemed that yet again I was to be frustrated by347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2xzBda0sAT
blindness, and darkness was to remain as my only company. How long had it been347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrMqza9l0MI
since I first regained consciousness? How much time had already been stolen from347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdX9ZJxD66K
me? To seemingly punish me even further; I was to endure it all while strapped to a347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnTDT6sU6EF
bed and surrounded by all sorts of sounds and smells that only increased my curiosity,347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj67TxRebPh
only fuelled my already immeasurable desire to see - what a sentence. Another kind of347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK0u57DIAJ0
darkness then swept over me as the shadows of frustration and anger began curving all347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyVnsLwE2dX
around my mind, slowly turning into large black circles of depression.347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡslPDbYE7jP
And then my body began telling what I could not: my fists clenched involuntarily347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ93lpHGF5W1
as my tiny arms trembled, my entire strapped body began to twitch and turn347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr7dqPBH1pd
whichever way, and shortly after my teeth too were showing eagerness in joining347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5pPmvWtsOV
that demonstration. I wanted to shout, to scream, to expel all that I was feeling, but347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡitVrYTjbTk
before my mouth could make its first echo, I began noticing that this time it would347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlAiwQbTlCG
be different. The darkness that had always been there in front of me, no matter how347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡug8hh7m8zu
much my eyes would widen, began to dissipate and those feelings with it; slowly, they347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPbIGZ8Cas5
all faded until other doings began to take over.347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoJd9mFufWk
I began moving my head as much as those restraints would allow, and as soon as347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0QAA29ohe8
most of that blurriness left me, I found myself laying down in a poorly lit room.347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3HWUSrUtjm
All sorts of machinery scattered about, there were also other beds like the one I was347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFIhzzXeS8A
laying on, most of them empty but a few with others like me. I knew right away they347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ5rGK58ZJ4
were like me.347Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2CB4Ssos8j
