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“Does that include me?” I asked “Am I one of these ´Maybe´? Father?” I noticed353Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtEwoQh8FIS
he chose not to answer, but instead to deflect, “Since you can read already, I am sure353Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSICwTZK89m
your writing skills are close behind, and so I would have you do something for me.353Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGR7WaPb6wg
Something quite important.”353Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0aluCrd62A
“I know writing, I mean what that is.” I remember waving my finger around as353Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzMjKp1gRGt
I tried to mimic the words on that sign “But I am not sure I can do it myself. Not yet.”353Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAiexA8fwEX
“It will come to you,” He smiled, his most appreciated attempt at inspiring any353Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPRytjLQtC5
confidence in me, “and when it does, I would like for you to write down everything353Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0DCTDLEfJQ
that is going to transpire tonight.” He then rummaged through that big bag he had353Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWh35EZJC5G
been readying for the last moments, before finally slapping his forehead after realising353Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡroR8WsOsbJ
what he was looking for was already in one of his pockets. He took it out, and then353Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ6qBDII2BD
proudly handed it to me. That very same notebook that you now hold in your hand,353Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7WYY8c7l7d
“Can you do that for me?” He insisted.353Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPx3s1GFqTO
“I am not sure I -”353Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJBQTi5tl4p
“It will come to you, all the memories and much more.” He smiled as he handed353Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdIb4vxjj2j
me some pencils too, “And when you know how, when you feel confident enough to353Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP80MuObpd9
start, I want you to write down everything concerning tonight. Write as much as you353Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeUTOVMTqRH
can - use whatever sight is available to you; pen down whatever your eyes or your mind353Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡme0de0ZxRO
decide to show you – keep writing until you find yourself out of here.”353Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzUli6IhTc8
“Can I make it like a story?” I asked shyly, “Of sorts...”353Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3u9Np7821r
“Yes, if it pleases you. You can try and structure it like that if you want but do try353Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFKEWjxj5gl
and avoid any glib words.” He took another quick and desperate peek through that353Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzDdn1WrQ9F
still barely opened crimson metal door “Then you can read it back to me, and to others,353Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡquXsX33Q8d
once we are far and away from this place - safe and under the sun.”353Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrLb8KspFuX
“Can I make some drawings too?” My heart jumped in expectation. “Well,”353Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxPWKAtp2M6
He looked at me again, with the most patient of smiles “yes, certainly. Whatever helps353Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGxu9dJDeZC
you in the telling, why not?” He rummaged again for some crayons which he then353Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDO4F1cAaus
handed to me, and then he hesitantly returned his worrisome look to what was waiting353Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlMM4jABVKH
on the other side of that door.353Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy78cbOyf1J
“Are we going now?” I asked while holding all the things he gave me as tightly as my353Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFifbow3YFJ
little weak hands possibly could, “Father?”353Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQPP6IbSxfX
“Where could they be?” I heard him whisper “Well, no matter.” He took a deep breath,353Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7lwweX6wAe
“Our way seems to be clear.” He then turned to me, with his eyes staring at mine in a353Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa8dHQUFinc
more serious way than I had thought possible. “This is it. Are you ready?”353Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeVZ4ZJp3GI
“Yes...” I scattered all the pencils and crayons across all pockets available to me and,353Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlRhHBlMerE
while holding that notebook tightly in my right arm, I slowly extended my left one.353Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6kPe05tcK9
He gently took hold of my hand, caressed my fingers a few times behind a comforting353Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjSJiNqgism
smile, and then pulled me with him...353Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ofwaF7xS4
... and that is why I wrote all that you now hold.353Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxcCk5y8uZb
“I see...” The Tinker admitted a bit dubiously when we were already back his place,353Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ748mebymta
“That is quite the tale.” His fingers constantly caressing the well-worn cover of that353Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNtdzb1tpU4
notebook; so easily displaying all the eagerness that his eyes would not share.353Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQcVWpfg4v0
“That is what happened.”353Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4T5AmaVLYk
“Well, and what then?” He asked as he gestured me to take a seat. We were now in353Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb21nDbRTdz
what he called a ´living room´, and I could see all sorts of things scattered around that353Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdOGljTTWEi
makeshift table standing distinguishably in the middle. “Go on, sit down. Wherever353Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCtL5SXzq5k
you like.” he insisted after placing my notebook in the centre of that table. Then he353Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡopHuJkp9K4
turned around, towards some cupboards and a device leaking out all sorts of fire.353Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOAog9cMxH8
“Can I take this one?” I asked regarding one of the few chairs I found in a usable353Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡarp2CvjK75
condition.353Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMwMTY6ElZp
“Go right ahead.” He promptly allowed, without even looking to see what I could be353Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYozzDhGm7J
referring to, as he was now clearly too busy preparing something. “Thank you.”353Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVJVWZt0IqQ
“And then,” he asked me again, “what happened after?” He turned around holding a353Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkujo6s1I98
tray. On it rested a couple of exceptionally large and funny looking mugs, and between353Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHb1FP9Rk7p
them was a smoking metal pot.
