“Does that include me?” I asked “Am I one of these ´Maybe´? Father?” I noticed86Please respect copyright.PENANArPdthRYrpt
he chose not to answer, but instead to deflect, “Since you can read already, I am sure86Please respect copyright.PENANAI6sbN05brQ
your writing skills are close behind, and so I would have you do something for me.86Please respect copyright.PENANA3KX7upsbre
Something quite important.”86Please respect copyright.PENANAjl2j3D2cxr
“I know writing, I mean what that is.” I remember waving my finger around as86Please respect copyright.PENANAd2Cz44eZxa
I tried to mimic the words on that sign “But I am not sure I can do it myself. Not yet.”86Please respect copyright.PENANAfRgTdqBxZS
“It will come to you,” He smiled, his most appreciated attempt at inspiring any86Please respect copyright.PENANAySXRTNzIdh
confidence in me, “and when it does, I would like for you to write down everything86Please respect copyright.PENANAtKeZ27PqpK
that is going to transpire tonight.” He then rummaged through that big bag he had86Please respect copyright.PENANAKd6BH8bbaT
been readying for the last moments, before finally slapping his forehead after realising86Please respect copyright.PENANANry9R3qiKQ
what he was looking for was already in one of his pockets. He took it out, and then86Please respect copyright.PENANA694D8sS1Lm
proudly handed it to me. That very same notebook that you now hold in your hand,86Please respect copyright.PENANA06RhqfkJO0
“Can you do that for me?” He insisted.86Please respect copyright.PENANAgBDFeO0Wj8
“I am not sure I -”86Please respect copyright.PENANA9oKiarhrij
“It will come to you, all the memories and much more.” He smiled as he handed86Please respect copyright.PENANAdV4ziySRaS
me some pencils too, “And when you know how, when you feel confident enough to86Please respect copyright.PENANAxNmwu1BGu7
start, I want you to write down everything concerning tonight. Write as much as you86Please respect copyright.PENANAjYzU6TcOa7
can - use whatever sight is available to you; pen down whatever your eyes or your mind86Please respect copyright.PENANAMNJnMReIYz
decide to show you – keep writing until you find yourself out of here.”86Please respect copyright.PENANAF2AxVcOJ6V
“Can I make it like a story?” I asked shyly, “Of sorts...”86Please respect copyright.PENANAhmERqRuoCd
“Yes, if it pleases you. You can try and structure it like that if you want but do try86Please respect copyright.PENANAsNTXR3Hh3o
and avoid any glib words.” He took another quick and desperate peek through that86Please respect copyright.PENANAcJ8KeW9jgq
still barely opened crimson metal door “Then you can read it back to me, and to others,86Please respect copyright.PENANAF1KfvRaZag
once we are far and away from this place - safe and under the sun.”86Please respect copyright.PENANAo0WpKftqv9
“Can I make some drawings too?” My heart jumped in expectation. “Well,”86Please respect copyright.PENANAQDx0VrGzpP
He looked at me again, with the most patient of smiles “yes, certainly. Whatever helps86Please respect copyright.PENANABterxmY9Uk
you in the telling, why not?” He rummaged again for some crayons which he then86Please respect copyright.PENANAgL8h7VTtdI
handed to me, and then he hesitantly returned his worrisome look to what was waiting86Please respect copyright.PENANACoLuxp4aNJ
on the other side of that door.86Please respect copyright.PENANAB7nGSMbBsM
“Are we going now?” I asked while holding all the things he gave me as tightly as my86Please respect copyright.PENANA1PttXjAahk
little weak hands possibly could, “Father?”86Please respect copyright.PENANAqvb4SqmsNv
“Where could they be?” I heard him whisper “Well, no matter.” He took a deep breath,86Please respect copyright.PENANAeXsvGYA0xP
“Our way seems to be clear.” He then turned to me, with his eyes staring at mine in a86Please respect copyright.PENANAMRZDWPKTJr
more serious way than I had thought possible. “This is it. Are you ready?”86Please respect copyright.PENANAoNhzOYbjcB
“Yes...” I scattered all the pencils and crayons across all pockets available to me and,86Please respect copyright.PENANATuic7xjdko
while holding that notebook tightly in my right arm, I slowly extended my left one.86Please respect copyright.PENANArZ3H88kWwV
He gently took hold of my hand, caressed my fingers a few times behind a comforting86Please respect copyright.PENANAODM8Sflgc4
smile, and then pulled me with him...86Please respect copyright.PENANAUB9dCBwof6
... and that is why I wrote all that you now hold.86Please respect copyright.PENANAMihlhRbWIk
“I see...” The Tinker admitted a bit dubiously when we were already back his place,86Please respect copyright.PENANAfTWzbRWLtG
“That is quite the tale.” His fingers constantly caressing the well-worn cover of that86Please respect copyright.PENANAE8CTfREoz1
notebook; so easily displaying all the eagerness that his eyes would not share.86Please respect copyright.PENANAX2GhHyjKjk
“That is what happened.”86Please respect copyright.PENANAZmdYgEARcG
“Well, and what then?” He asked as he gestured me to take a seat. We were now in86Please respect copyright.PENANA2GZdEtU4lx
what he called a ´living room´, and I could see all sorts of things scattered around that86Please respect copyright.PENANAneCdpCY2sR
makeshift table standing distinguishably in the middle. “Go on, sit down. Wherever86Please respect copyright.PENANAGLqNKD0Kap
you like.” he insisted after placing my notebook in the centre of that table. Then he86Please respect copyright.PENANA0K8uAjt2ia
turned around, towards some cupboards and a device leaking out all sorts of fire.86Please respect copyright.PENANATClvD6ytcq
“Can I take this one?” I asked regarding one of the few chairs I found in a usable86Please respect copyright.PENANA9bGnY6ZwNS
condition.86Please respect copyright.PENANAtu6TUcyy0v
“Go right ahead.” He promptly allowed, without even looking to see what I could be86Please respect copyright.PENANAKeYdhhuRqq
referring to, as he was now clearly too busy preparing something. “Thank you.”86Please respect copyright.PENANAZ6CK7WOnO4
“And then,” he asked me again, “what happened after?” He turned around holding a86Please respect copyright.PENANA3xdH4IzdL0
tray. On it rested a couple of exceptionally large and funny looking mugs, and between86Please respect copyright.PENANA9yyqymbvdN
them was a smoking metal pot.