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“Does that include me?” I asked “Am I one of these ´Maybe´? Father?” I noticed326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmLd6NuD91F
he chose not to answer, but instead to deflect, “Since you can read already, I am sure326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1S9BlYUxze
your writing skills are close behind, and so I would have you do something for me.326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKTnY7NH1Sn
Something quite important.”326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaU6X6tH7hA
“I know writing, I mean what that is.” I remember waving my finger around as326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyFbu5GgJyG
I tried to mimic the words on that sign “But I am not sure I can do it myself. Not yet.”326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgNzFVWhHp9
“It will come to you,” He smiled, his most appreciated attempt at inspiring any326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCZld7Ke00k
confidence in me, “and when it does, I would like for you to write down everything326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtXbgAsTmqo
that is going to transpire tonight.” He then rummaged through that big bag he had326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡarGXOmGg5Q
been readying for the last moments, before finally slapping his forehead after realising326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMG9txh4qgs
what he was looking for was already in one of his pockets. He took it out, and then326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNGaQfUfTp5
proudly handed it to me. That very same notebook that you now hold in your hand,326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLzqsPZ2Veh
“Can you do that for me?” He insisted.326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ZfnGtE8bD
“I am not sure I -”326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbkScvHTNG0
“It will come to you, all the memories and much more.” He smiled as he handed326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrgOSExCiJM
me some pencils too, “And when you know how, when you feel confident enough to326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb07m3p5vQA
start, I want you to write down everything concerning tonight. Write as much as you326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ518N0Qfff6
can - use whatever sight is available to you; pen down whatever your eyes or your mind326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtNlYfSjcEY
decide to show you – keep writing until you find yourself out of here.”326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9N7Gquaxf0
“Can I make it like a story?” I asked shyly, “Of sorts...”326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJs8NJVb5Yh
“Yes, if it pleases you. You can try and structure it like that if you want but do try326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUa7NX4uFl7
and avoid any glib words.” He took another quick and desperate peek through that326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkijTOBLxl2
still barely opened crimson metal door “Then you can read it back to me, and to others,326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtSytTJSw9J
once we are far and away from this place - safe and under the sun.”326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8zBl5XvTro
“Can I make some drawings too?” My heart jumped in expectation. “Well,”326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNjWUDBO9EJ
He looked at me again, with the most patient of smiles “yes, certainly. Whatever helps326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeQEY6lj5cM
you in the telling, why not?” He rummaged again for some crayons which he then326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoskY0VvF09
handed to me, and then he hesitantly returned his worrisome look to what was waiting326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdP9svtEI4N
on the other side of that door.326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlwWyLcA0l6
“Are we going now?” I asked while holding all the things he gave me as tightly as my326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHmlVO9fJMj
little weak hands possibly could, “Father?”326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ15395EtEjt
“Where could they be?” I heard him whisper “Well, no matter.” He took a deep breath,326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcW5AoTWx8Z
“Our way seems to be clear.” He then turned to me, with his eyes staring at mine in a326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡATaXNgpcSY
more serious way than I had thought possible. “This is it. Are you ready?”326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI2B6TMLhB9
“Yes...” I scattered all the pencils and crayons across all pockets available to me and,326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqSeak1YLeY
while holding that notebook tightly in my right arm, I slowly extended my left one.326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ52UF6ka2Z4
He gently took hold of my hand, caressed my fingers a few times behind a comforting326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLdrApk61hZ
smile, and then pulled me with him...326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡozq1D1F43k
... and that is why I wrote all that you now hold.326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLOqSUopdtg
“I see...” The Tinker admitted a bit dubiously when we were already back his place,326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqKdqp91zFW
“That is quite the tale.” His fingers constantly caressing the well-worn cover of that326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3vYH2DEE58
notebook; so easily displaying all the eagerness that his eyes would not share.326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYHooPhC2ZW
“That is what happened.”326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyzsHaedwjm
“Well, and what then?” He asked as he gestured me to take a seat. We were now in326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKoSI7oKzHW
what he called a ´living room´, and I could see all sorts of things scattered around that326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZU2EhKVDmx
makeshift table standing distinguishably in the middle. “Go on, sit down. Wherever326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡISb4xWDIcc
you like.” he insisted after placing my notebook in the centre of that table. Then he326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb7BZDcSFeN
turned around, towards some cupboards and a device leaking out all sorts of fire.326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQSj8jkF5HL
“Can I take this one?” I asked regarding one of the few chairs I found in a usable326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxF1Krj6bJP
condition.326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡskXiMUmn4X
“Go right ahead.” He promptly allowed, without even looking to see what I could be326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4ebtP7SlGl
referring to, as he was now clearly too busy preparing something. “Thank you.”326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2TyivrIeql
“And then,” he asked me again, “what happened after?” He turned around holding a326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVF5Se2IfhR
tray. On it rested a couple of exceptionally large and funny looking mugs, and between326Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx7RboBkfNX
them was a smoking metal pot.
