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“Does that include me?” I asked “Am I one of these ´Maybe´? Father?” I noticed315Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaLTsl8BHnR
he chose not to answer, but instead to deflect, “Since you can read already, I am sure315Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU63JcpnzP8
your writing skills are close behind, and so I would have you do something for me.315Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSXEC5Ko0QY
Something quite important.”315Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3mSFH27Bi4
“I know writing, I mean what that is.” I remember waving my finger around as315Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmVQeiaelzW
I tried to mimic the words on that sign “But I am not sure I can do it myself. Not yet.”315Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy1KCpiDjqI
“It will come to you,” He smiled, his most appreciated attempt at inspiring any315Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYRFjOhTkyH
confidence in me, “and when it does, I would like for you to write down everything315Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡziZVH0Xsse
that is going to transpire tonight.” He then rummaged through that big bag he had315Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVikhkPn3u4
been readying for the last moments, before finally slapping his forehead after realising315Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKc3OB4zPpU
what he was looking for was already in one of his pockets. He took it out, and then315Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj6nouERUlb
proudly handed it to me. That very same notebook that you now hold in your hand,315Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡucGPSmLTea
“Can you do that for me?” He insisted.315Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡycoxFyTYQv
“I am not sure I -”315Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaP4zwDcX9z
“It will come to you, all the memories and much more.” He smiled as he handed315Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOrM8xjs4Ia
me some pencils too, “And when you know how, when you feel confident enough to315Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUHP5JCAQUI
start, I want you to write down everything concerning tonight. Write as much as you315Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4596ryrUWh
can - use whatever sight is available to you; pen down whatever your eyes or your mind315Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcajpOkvoc5
decide to show you – keep writing until you find yourself out of here.”315Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6vE3jB8lRU
“Can I make it like a story?” I asked shyly, “Of sorts...”315Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSwWDuIC1j8
“Yes, if it pleases you. You can try and structure it like that if you want but do try315Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMdKlAi1Dta
and avoid any glib words.” He took another quick and desperate peek through that315Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡztCoSstI4j
still barely opened crimson metal door “Then you can read it back to me, and to others,315Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeevb3ug0ME
once we are far and away from this place - safe and under the sun.”315Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBsstpNprtz
“Can I make some drawings too?” My heart jumped in expectation. “Well,”315Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfEa1ytvAwE
He looked at me again, with the most patient of smiles “yes, certainly. Whatever helps315Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsYYHkzQhV0
you in the telling, why not?” He rummaged again for some crayons which he then315Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0bBlJCsAFJ
handed to me, and then he hesitantly returned his worrisome look to what was waiting315Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4gPikx83hH
on the other side of that door.315Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡljlNX7yL5t
“Are we going now?” I asked while holding all the things he gave me as tightly as my315Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXiBiCJOlKb
little weak hands possibly could, “Father?”315Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlG7bFGxb3D
“Where could they be?” I heard him whisper “Well, no matter.” He took a deep breath,315Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRsOs2mS06a
“Our way seems to be clear.” He then turned to me, with his eyes staring at mine in a315Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1jLS3kLmET
more serious way than I had thought possible. “This is it. Are you ready?”315Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCYxuNP87XN
“Yes...” I scattered all the pencils and crayons across all pockets available to me and,315Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY2yGeVOb5c
while holding that notebook tightly in my right arm, I slowly extended my left one.315Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyHgJvoJxAV
He gently took hold of my hand, caressed my fingers a few times behind a comforting315Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr1SVgTSn0c
smile, and then pulled me with him...315Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFz2JamnDBe
... and that is why I wrote all that you now hold.315Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLTxHRcBMJG
“I see...” The Tinker admitted a bit dubiously when we were already back his place,315Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTzUNbh0xV4
“That is quite the tale.” His fingers constantly caressing the well-worn cover of that315Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVy4DmAAAMJ
notebook; so easily displaying all the eagerness that his eyes would not share.315Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjQioybTp6Y
“That is what happened.”315Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeeMINnqD1M
“Well, and what then?” He asked as he gestured me to take a seat. We were now in315Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLL32a6a4ky
what he called a ´living room´, and I could see all sorts of things scattered around that315Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNoDkwlypHY
makeshift table standing distinguishably in the middle. “Go on, sit down. Wherever315Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8JCDMyQGME
you like.” he insisted after placing my notebook in the centre of that table. Then he315Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjn1sbALlri
turned around, towards some cupboards and a device leaking out all sorts of fire.315Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI9H3x9hnv9
“Can I take this one?” I asked regarding one of the few chairs I found in a usable315Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs4BKVKSxdY
condition.315Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhAx6gyWLsO
“Go right ahead.” He promptly allowed, without even looking to see what I could be315Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP85Scsl9mO
referring to, as he was now clearly too busy preparing something. “Thank you.”315Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUG4WTMcZKD
“And then,” he asked me again, “what happened after?” He turned around holding a315Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYdvrEQQ9h3
tray. On it rested a couple of exceptionally large and funny looking mugs, and between315Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDFrguxRHFD
them was a smoking metal pot.
