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“Does that include me?” I asked “Am I one of these ´Maybe´? Father?” I noticed400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJcBx11EChS
he chose not to answer, but instead to deflect, “Since you can read already, I am sure400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRU7jrsVZnM
your writing skills are close behind, and so I would have you do something for me.400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2mIOqE0FDM
Something quite important.”400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiQxRIlU333
“I know writing, I mean what that is.” I remember waving my finger around as400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf5Swopzjhz
I tried to mimic the words on that sign “But I am not sure I can do it myself. Not yet.”400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDt2OX9eGUy
“It will come to you,” He smiled, his most appreciated attempt at inspiring any400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvyFB2l21AG
confidence in me, “and when it does, I would like for you to write down everything400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaaF1n0VM4P
that is going to transpire tonight.” He then rummaged through that big bag he had400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnEyG2xLUnh
been readying for the last moments, before finally slapping his forehead after realising400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6r6hv0FZGs
what he was looking for was already in one of his pockets. He took it out, and then400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBxJyZdemb6
proudly handed it to me. That very same notebook that you now hold in your hand,400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Y5Sm5XF2B
“Can you do that for me?” He insisted.400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJLJGWDoZvs
“I am not sure I -”400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfSFJVLyTQN
“It will come to you, all the memories and much more.” He smiled as he handed400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBpV1a3KbQE
me some pencils too, “And when you know how, when you feel confident enough to400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqhWmlJvS2G
start, I want you to write down everything concerning tonight. Write as much as you400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡONqkwzTZ3V
can - use whatever sight is available to you; pen down whatever your eyes or your mind400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6j2y2C4E82
decide to show you – keep writing until you find yourself out of here.”400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMAHztO2yHu
“Can I make it like a story?” I asked shyly, “Of sorts...”400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPPCATUrEgN
“Yes, if it pleases you. You can try and structure it like that if you want but do try400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcbqZxFqOXC
and avoid any glib words.” He took another quick and desperate peek through that400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTgoRUvHsFs
still barely opened crimson metal door “Then you can read it back to me, and to others,400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuNmbKrCgOe
once we are far and away from this place - safe and under the sun.”400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOxBcbT0zMN
“Can I make some drawings too?” My heart jumped in expectation. “Well,”400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjte878tbPq
He looked at me again, with the most patient of smiles “yes, certainly. Whatever helps400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfA0TyDXwhV
you in the telling, why not?” He rummaged again for some crayons which he then400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡytReTrzEvX
handed to me, and then he hesitantly returned his worrisome look to what was waiting400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmmGHerxcho
on the other side of that door.400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoxp1cFdUEO
“Are we going now?” I asked while holding all the things he gave me as tightly as my400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYjKgFFWLgg
little weak hands possibly could, “Father?”400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡStSALTjVGs
“Where could they be?” I heard him whisper “Well, no matter.” He took a deep breath,400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4E4j8eItU2
“Our way seems to be clear.” He then turned to me, with his eyes staring at mine in a400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp3aOGLeBNS
more serious way than I had thought possible. “This is it. Are you ready?”400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGOCFuAeBmS
“Yes...” I scattered all the pencils and crayons across all pockets available to me and,400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUQqYYvOJZA
while holding that notebook tightly in my right arm, I slowly extended my left one.400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmvLB8eaWRK
He gently took hold of my hand, caressed my fingers a few times behind a comforting400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdlsq7caulS
smile, and then pulled me with him...400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVHIHL5HqdS
... and that is why I wrote all that you now hold.400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk1s1TA3jeE
“I see...” The Tinker admitted a bit dubiously when we were already back his place,400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAoHIODDwhe
“That is quite the tale.” His fingers constantly caressing the well-worn cover of that400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyrJpmPtmrw
notebook; so easily displaying all the eagerness that his eyes would not share.400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyQ0AjXm6F2
“That is what happened.”400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIbkhMXREa5
“Well, and what then?” He asked as he gestured me to take a seat. We were now in400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE5OK4jJwV6
what he called a ´living room´, and I could see all sorts of things scattered around that400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTfpC4OaUXK
makeshift table standing distinguishably in the middle. “Go on, sit down. Wherever400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJSjVSI4kZK
you like.” he insisted after placing my notebook in the centre of that table. Then he400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNd53Ldq5Hn
turned around, towards some cupboards and a device leaking out all sorts of fire.400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZgS4z6azJa
“Can I take this one?” I asked regarding one of the few chairs I found in a usable400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQV3nLU54p1
condition.400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ygbyFxEtC
“Go right ahead.” He promptly allowed, without even looking to see what I could be400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN1kNEifKGT
referring to, as he was now clearly too busy preparing something. “Thank you.”400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsdPEaOPJ9v
“And then,” he asked me again, “what happened after?” He turned around holding a400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyZiesdvf1G
tray. On it rested a couple of exceptionally large and funny looking mugs, and between400Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAuy6G6tKPS
them was a smoking metal pot.
