“Does that include me?” I asked “Am I one of these ´Maybe´? Father?” I noticed103Please respect copyright.PENANAiYpb2cD1Hh
he chose not to answer, but instead to deflect, “Since you can read already, I am sure103Please respect copyright.PENANAm00Yccd01F
your writing skills are close behind, and so I would have you do something for me.103Please respect copyright.PENANAYKQL9KrCOh
Something quite important.”103Please respect copyright.PENANA5GMsZ7Obum
“I know writing, I mean what that is.” I remember waving my finger around as103Please respect copyright.PENANAA4Udiny0JE
I tried to mimic the words on that sign “But I am not sure I can do it myself. Not yet.”103Please respect copyright.PENANAJn58nK9IIw
“It will come to you,” He smiled, his most appreciated attempt at inspiring any103Please respect copyright.PENANAdSlzEWq4Pk
confidence in me, “and when it does, I would like for you to write down everything103Please respect copyright.PENANA2o2sjaRWCA
that is going to transpire tonight.” He then rummaged through that big bag he had103Please respect copyright.PENANAmKvjazIzgg
been readying for the last moments, before finally slapping his forehead after realising103Please respect copyright.PENANAy088VEUsnM
what he was looking for was already in one of his pockets. He took it out, and then103Please respect copyright.PENANAaVum6spNLj
proudly handed it to me. That very same notebook that you now hold in your hand,103Please respect copyright.PENANA7zMsVQTi1e
“Can you do that for me?” He insisted.103Please respect copyright.PENANAX0JcX6iZM1
“I am not sure I -”103Please respect copyright.PENANAWUhWtif3Vi
“It will come to you, all the memories and much more.” He smiled as he handed103Please respect copyright.PENANA7kuu2CYvIO
me some pencils too, “And when you know how, when you feel confident enough to103Please respect copyright.PENANAFYZazO1H3I
start, I want you to write down everything concerning tonight. Write as much as you103Please respect copyright.PENANANq9xvGxmGP
can - use whatever sight is available to you; pen down whatever your eyes or your mind103Please respect copyright.PENANA5qBSftAka5
decide to show you – keep writing until you find yourself out of here.”103Please respect copyright.PENANAByOwXiByA8
“Can I make it like a story?” I asked shyly, “Of sorts...”103Please respect copyright.PENANA4VbwIoXQws
“Yes, if it pleases you. You can try and structure it like that if you want but do try103Please respect copyright.PENANAAQMY9L3HF3
and avoid any glib words.” He took another quick and desperate peek through that103Please respect copyright.PENANAQOXhoc2Pbv
still barely opened crimson metal door “Then you can read it back to me, and to others,103Please respect copyright.PENANAHsF4lflhHH
once we are far and away from this place - safe and under the sun.”103Please respect copyright.PENANATlYYcE9mhb
“Can I make some drawings too?” My heart jumped in expectation. “Well,”103Please respect copyright.PENANAYN7HN8Bz8n
He looked at me again, with the most patient of smiles “yes, certainly. Whatever helps103Please respect copyright.PENANATJz63qDWV0
you in the telling, why not?” He rummaged again for some crayons which he then103Please respect copyright.PENANAfiKNJ2TOuj
handed to me, and then he hesitantly returned his worrisome look to what was waiting103Please respect copyright.PENANAxsQVnQkrrT
on the other side of that door.103Please respect copyright.PENANAnVxXFKKHpc
“Are we going now?” I asked while holding all the things he gave me as tightly as my103Please respect copyright.PENANApkmf5k6Gy1
little weak hands possibly could, “Father?”103Please respect copyright.PENANAJy52MCKns5
“Where could they be?” I heard him whisper “Well, no matter.” He took a deep breath,103Please respect copyright.PENANAcC1zUujtkH
“Our way seems to be clear.” He then turned to me, with his eyes staring at mine in a103Please respect copyright.PENANA5rzmLrqJSq
more serious way than I had thought possible. “This is it. Are you ready?”103Please respect copyright.PENANAfZkHnp4t9R
“Yes...” I scattered all the pencils and crayons across all pockets available to me and,103Please respect copyright.PENANA9VPWKRoSEU
while holding that notebook tightly in my right arm, I slowly extended my left one.103Please respect copyright.PENANAhZD8GGjqGa
He gently took hold of my hand, caressed my fingers a few times behind a comforting103Please respect copyright.PENANAIZbFQShWIj
smile, and then pulled me with him...103Please respect copyright.PENANAldZopSvX2A
... and that is why I wrote all that you now hold.103Please respect copyright.PENANAPtu2oteCNm
“I see...” The Tinker admitted a bit dubiously when we were already back his place,103Please respect copyright.PENANAPbCZwybvjV
“That is quite the tale.” His fingers constantly caressing the well-worn cover of that103Please respect copyright.PENANAvRdrnsWCwB
notebook; so easily displaying all the eagerness that his eyes would not share.103Please respect copyright.PENANA3cRVjW8y6i
“That is what happened.”103Please respect copyright.PENANAqmDpe99cKS
“Well, and what then?” He asked as he gestured me to take a seat. We were now in103Please respect copyright.PENANACF99pVvdSb
what he called a ´living room´, and I could see all sorts of things scattered around that103Please respect copyright.PENANAdq6seIHUXB
makeshift table standing distinguishably in the middle. “Go on, sit down. Wherever103Please respect copyright.PENANAE2fIRhKJPw
you like.” he insisted after placing my notebook in the centre of that table. Then he103Please respect copyright.PENANAJKhnYNWQkq
turned around, towards some cupboards and a device leaking out all sorts of fire.103Please respect copyright.PENANAFPuPsbPgLr
“Can I take this one?” I asked regarding one of the few chairs I found in a usable103Please respect copyright.PENANADN3JchXRVP
condition.103Please respect copyright.PENANAyBYtAJjTv6
“Go right ahead.” He promptly allowed, without even looking to see what I could be103Please respect copyright.PENANAlSslMS3UqA
referring to, as he was now clearly too busy preparing something. “Thank you.”103Please respect copyright.PENANAV9lpTKY4UE
“And then,” he asked me again, “what happened after?” He turned around holding a103Please respect copyright.PENANA1RSl7HUsz3
tray. On it rested a couple of exceptionally large and funny looking mugs, and between103Please respect copyright.PENANAJFVCp18eal
them was a smoking metal pot.