“You do,” I assured him quite calmly. “That is why I am here.”447Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr68cxANd6P
“How are you acquainted with any of them?” He asked quite seriously, and only447Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdb1xjxsM5N
then did his eyes seem to notice my hair, which was blue all over except for its still447Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAzxizSR6hT
black tips. “You’re quite the odd one.” He admitted, while he was far from what anyone447Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlgfMUgwMqQ
would deem as ´normal´. “And I do not need my bigger glasses to see that.”447Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwxvroq3uvj
“Here. This is for you,” I tried to hand him my big notebook, the one that had been447Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8KRzZMcunW
resting safely beside me. Almost falling out of it was a whole compendium of drawings447Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Qrw5XNLVc
and other poorly attached notes. “Father wanted you to have it.” I nudged it towards447Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqj9C4swJtk
him. “He also wanted me to go with you.”447Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4vQMAY8Ip1
“Father, you say?” He cautiously asked as he refused the offer, “I am afraid I will have447Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq8avPvmcIl
to doubt that. You see little one, I am not one with many friends, let alone associates.”447Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwqc0LRdLcX
He then took a few steps back “No, you must be mistaken. But fret not, you may447Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPCUpy2Vgfb
accompany me back to my place, if you so wish of course. After all, it is not proper to447Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzHWtGQ0NIJ
leave one so small and meek behind, especially in a place like this. Old Gorliochi over447Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgfg4NDgn73
there,” His eyes went straight towards that beast; this one was completely relaxed even447Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJsMV9lrEOu
if its jaws kept finding one thing or another to chew on, “he can easily carry the both447Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnS9OUdqc3U
of us for as long as necessary. He has been with me for many seasons now, lending a447Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAspul3Tmdt
hand in the carrying of all sorts of things.”447Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnmQMaJM0KR
He smiled, but it was a ruse that could not hope to work on the likes of one such as447Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj1HJ4YI89e
me. “Like all sorts of flowers and fungi that I so often like to come and find in these447Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4amRgMd9J3
parts... Or even -”447Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoVgHfCbpN4
“You are no mere flower picker or mushroom gatherer.” I said as I kept forcing that447Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIceRrIwq8V
notebook onto him. “Go on, take it. You are the Thinker-Tinker, and you are meant447Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMXcPjzlaZg
to read it.”447Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtHUeEvSnhC
A short silence stood between the two of us ...447Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2UqjoHSdKe
“Your father, who is he then?” He eventually asked, even if his interests appeared447Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu6H0JD0XOR
to be dwindling the more he was going through those notes and drawings, “I know447Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ08cPMojg1h
many of the names inscribed here.” He kept confessing, as he tipped his glasses just447Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsrZL2UgXLB
in time to prevent them from falling off his curved nose; and then he looked at me447Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwdVHZOjlB9
with refulgent eyes: “Some of these people, they are in these drawings of yours as well!447Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGpFxHqREhk
And this man here; a Kharn. He is my friend. A dear one.”447Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKDqcDdZ5EU
“That is Father,” I said to his amazement ...447Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoPuj1eork9
A long pause took over his person.447Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEUGj4ppzig
Many of his past fears but also promises came to haunt him, and without a447Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOsdcn9ZcNH
moment’s notice, his head became occupied with all sorts of questions and possibilities.447Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsbtm6oPgEo
There were so many ´If ’s´ and ´Buts´ and ´What’s´ swirling in his mind - and in447Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhrWN0WIhLX
the end all I heard him think to himself was: “This is likely to bring me quite the447Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEDkbJ5DooP
unwanted trouble, but if there is any chance of truth to it, at all; of a real connection447Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVPd60I0huS
between this little one and that ol’ fool... What choice do I have?”447Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrAdkoTti75
“Who are you girl?” his eyes swelled up as he confronted me again, “and how did447Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3uReNej3GQ
you get your hands on all this?”447Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdMG1wOowFA
“As I said, all of it was wrought by my hand.”447Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSFmImFeBuy
“You wrote...” His eyes travelled between note and drawing alike “all this?447Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsFetGegTW9
What made you do such a thing?” He asked with his eyes now trembling with447Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ15e9y1lEcF
restlessness.447Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkqVrPrTt8V
“And then you will read it?”447Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfGKkYp8pzv
“Oh, I most definitely will. The spark of curiosity has already been lit inside me.”447Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡChbx5rsozF
He then reassured me further, “My interest has already peaked way past the point of447Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEPK8kbgHIZ
arousal, don’t you worry.” And after he weighed all of it with both hands; “But I will447Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxxupl66upI
have to do so back at my place. You understand that this is quite a lot to go through?”447Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHnd5C71hmM
“Quite,” I replied after I added a few extra notes I had on my person.447Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEg1p6S2e7w
“Besides, I don’t have my reading glasses on me.” He added somewhat flippantly447Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcm0qV4zlCI
“I mean why would I bring them; you know? It’s not like I get to meet little girls447Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDiT5g0rFqO
carrying tomes for me regularly.”447Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Um15qavlJ
I nodded in concordance, and then he suggested we should make haste. Insisting, as447Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx8EctFLNfJ
we made our way to that beast, that I should tell him, or rather prepare him, for what447Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn9Op3fcIBq
could be in store inside that notebook.447Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDBt1hI0jO9
