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“You do,” I assured him quite calmly. “That is why I am here.”349Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOHGyw8NMtr
“How are you acquainted with any of them?” He asked quite seriously, and only349Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYXZnsDGQSx
then did his eyes seem to notice my hair, which was blue all over except for its still349Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6wdd0mw524
black tips. “You’re quite the odd one.” He admitted, while he was far from what anyone349Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVOX0cul9hu
would deem as ´normal´. “And I do not need my bigger glasses to see that.”349Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe4rqtcMJGy
“Here. This is for you,” I tried to hand him my big notebook, the one that had been349Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCRQQOSa7Qa
resting safely beside me. Almost falling out of it was a whole compendium of drawings349Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7TxeyNC8wP
and other poorly attached notes. “Father wanted you to have it.” I nudged it towards349Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ35QhV81OgR
him. “He also wanted me to go with you.”349Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBtvpSZmAJv
“Father, you say?” He cautiously asked as he refused the offer, “I am afraid I will have349Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNDf4moc3bp
to doubt that. You see little one, I am not one with many friends, let alone associates.”349Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOGgXp2ACUU
He then took a few steps back “No, you must be mistaken. But fret not, you may349Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPGFujBAlVs
accompany me back to my place, if you so wish of course. After all, it is not proper to349Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8qhgDnrkRn
leave one so small and meek behind, especially in a place like this. Old Gorliochi over349Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHngz633hYI
there,” His eyes went straight towards that beast; this one was completely relaxed even349Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQSrQ52VWJo
if its jaws kept finding one thing or another to chew on, “he can easily carry the both349Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG2KCYPA1kS
of us for as long as necessary. He has been with me for many seasons now, lending a349Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Fn5Z11z3E
hand in the carrying of all sorts of things.”349Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡivRBgwPkaq
He smiled, but it was a ruse that could not hope to work on the likes of one such as349Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDf6EHwgClH
me. “Like all sorts of flowers and fungi that I so often like to come and find in these349Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp3iKvwbCE4
parts... Or even -”349Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkIXx6oIOVg
“You are no mere flower picker or mushroom gatherer.” I said as I kept forcing that349Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBSYTcVoSo8
notebook onto him. “Go on, take it. You are the Thinker-Tinker, and you are meant349Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsoBdhZC8jc
to read it.”349Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpPwbFFMYFI
A short silence stood between the two of us ...349Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0t669VLtuu
“Your father, who is he then?” He eventually asked, even if his interests appeared349Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRPLhLd9sqO
to be dwindling the more he was going through those notes and drawings, “I know349Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUpUuxA9Ins
many of the names inscribed here.” He kept confessing, as he tipped his glasses just349Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnewPxlrw9G
in time to prevent them from falling off his curved nose; and then he looked at me349Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm89VxqtmA8
with refulgent eyes: “Some of these people, they are in these drawings of yours as well!349Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYlLz10Ok3x
And this man here; a Kharn. He is my friend. A dear one.”349Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA7UqM0d1ac
“That is Father,” I said to his amazement ...349Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu8UtD0U7lY
A long pause took over his person.349Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEZadXpOmde
Many of his past fears but also promises came to haunt him, and without a349Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWmI0cRO2ZH
moment’s notice, his head became occupied with all sorts of questions and possibilities.349Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8RXvqwyCTS
There were so many ´If ’s´ and ´Buts´ and ´What’s´ swirling in his mind - and in349Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV4G7FqaZUG
the end all I heard him think to himself was: “This is likely to bring me quite the349Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡItHF6riLgV
unwanted trouble, but if there is any chance of truth to it, at all; of a real connection349Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvtePHvWFpz
between this little one and that ol’ fool... What choice do I have?”349Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpNnYlJSlfe
“Who are you girl?” his eyes swelled up as he confronted me again, “and how did349Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy02kAfbGKs
you get your hands on all this?”349Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9tEVkfylgv
“As I said, all of it was wrought by my hand.”349Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbqVFHEduRT
“You wrote...” His eyes travelled between note and drawing alike “all this?349Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4NHOaaeTs9
What made you do such a thing?” He asked with his eyes now trembling with349Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDOYdnxH8C8
restlessness.349Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz6W1Zmka0a
“And then you will read it?”349Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlwE8ZAVThG
“Oh, I most definitely will. The spark of curiosity has already been lit inside me.”349Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2toLJpxekU
He then reassured me further, “My interest has already peaked way past the point of349Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNuNj9v2JTd
arousal, don’t you worry.” And after he weighed all of it with both hands; “But I will349Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwQbUgqThli
have to do so back at my place. You understand that this is quite a lot to go through?”349Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGLTQBMSoQa
“Quite,” I replied after I added a few extra notes I had on my person.349Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIso8MaKByC
“Besides, I don’t have my reading glasses on me.” He added somewhat flippantly349Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxjYdPdDyRu
“I mean why would I bring them; you know? It’s not like I get to meet little girls349Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI1Go2I2jIu
carrying tomes for me regularly.”349Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjfAb3uPQmf
I nodded in concordance, and then he suggested we should make haste. Insisting, as349Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS2y54xB7EZ
we made our way to that beast, that I should tell him, or rather prepare him, for what349Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqZd5e2PfUV
could be in store inside that notebook.349Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTRkzPW9Mja
