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Asking me in all sorts of ways, but repeatedly nonetheless, who I was or what reason379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGKuPiaEbbT
could I have to write such things. And after he untied the now even less threatening379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsQn8QOM6Ci
beast of burden, he helped me find my place on top of its generous back.379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡofd1foXFei
He then went around it, patting its massive head as he passed quite comfortably in379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8kCkVkemNm
front of it; and then he too took his place to my left.379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW6ZKCVHUVT
Now, with the both of us sitting side by side and ready to go, he smiled at me379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLU23cs3739
through the corner of his mouth before shouting for our advance. But the one he379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLSMm9Vg8qY
called ´Gorliochi´ merely let out a howl of sorts... “Quit your blubbering.” He then379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmv3MyLmeax
began to pull those reins on the big beast’s neck repeatedly until finally, the beast379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIdbkzpnHGh
began to move... “There we go. By the way, you pay no heed to these misbehaviours,379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk4CYU0mSLM
alright? Ol’ Gorli here likes to act a bit lazy these days.”379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5CsFeZcGng
“I have never seen such a creature.”379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Q09IhfIO4
“Yeah,” He let out a sad and drawn-out confirmation, “There are not many like him379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ07V05mSvAe
around anymore. Frankly, I would be surprised if we ever encounter another one of his379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfR5yR2nMo2
kind.” He looked at me and then threw half a smile through the right corner of his379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiZiXkGbcE6
mouth; “Now, why don’t you start by telling me what made you write such a thing?379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHp8ZRq010n
And more importantly: what is your real connection to that old fool? You know, he379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkihFwJVvKO
and I; we have been friends for the longest time girl, and I even spoke to him just379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWIqVsTCiVt
recently.” He threw a quick look my way, obviously trying to fish for any kind of379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5g7mZK587d
reaction; “And he has never mentioned a single word about any plans for an adoption.”379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4c39ax6laX
“I am not that used to talking...” I warned, “what I mean is: I have not done it with379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBphh79joA3
that many people yet so, I might - how you say - run off at the mouth.”379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrHZbzcpMP2
“Oh? Well then,” he explained through another crooked smile; one that revealed379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTRyvg68rvn
how few teeth he still had left, and also how big his gums were, “You can be at ease379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyEXE8vpr0U
since I am not that used to listening myself. “Besides,” he continued, “We still have379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA4TmkqLdFX
ways to go, and nothing to do for the whole way but talk to each other. You just go379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHy9e9yxFKz
on for as much as you like without a worry. I am sure no word will feel unwarranted.”379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOpwujjrOxN
“Alright,” I replied nervously, but also thankfully. “I guess it would be better if I just379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa3jlka0r4n
went back to the beginning; to the very first time I opened my eyes...”379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLOqZTN1cB4
“...” He threw me a look of disbelief, but after that initial scepticism, not once did379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdEwu1RHUH2
he dare to interrupt me again. Not until I was done with that longest of replies, and379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡidarTVPaan
by then, we would already be making ourselves comfortable inside his most peculiar379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡowLgKoqzkN
household...379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUspk3sxmGI
“...I slowly opened my eyes, like I had done so many times before, but still, they379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuNR6D4IEkV
could not trespass that pitch-black. It seemed that yet again I was to be frustrated by379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDF6D1hPAm5
blindness, and darkness was to remain as my only company. How long had it been379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgGhc1pKKWI
since I first regained consciousness? How much time had already been stolen from379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk4AtL3kYZZ
me? To seemingly punish me even further; I was to endure it all while strapped to a379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVX9XZ3j0qC
bed and surrounded by all sorts of sounds and smells that only increased my curiosity,379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxnqbh6dAga
only fuelled my already immeasurable desire to see - what a sentence. Another kind of379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCFIlsY94FL
darkness then swept over me as the shadows of frustration and anger began curving all379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT2izK8mduH
around my mind, slowly turning into large black circles of depression.379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡapadRQ5uB4
And then my body began telling what I could not: my fists clenched involuntarily379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIgrqg42QjX
as my tiny arms trembled, my entire strapped body began to twitch and turn379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0LY2nXB8EM
whichever way, and shortly after my teeth too were showing eagerness in joining379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOitkldfJLJ
that demonstration. I wanted to shout, to scream, to expel all that I was feeling, but379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZmMaVy6fwh
before my mouth could make its first echo, I began noticing that this time it would379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmpCrN273Z4
be different. The darkness that had always been there in front of me, no matter how379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC3UIUVKZ7U
much my eyes would widen, began to dissipate and those feelings with it; slowly, they379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTTLIY3fbeM
all faded until other doings began to take over.379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXroekqK7H3
I began moving my head as much as those restraints would allow, and as soon as379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeskH4MlrW3
most of that blurriness left me, I found myself laying down in a poorly lit room.379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmJmKj5nTD6
All sorts of machinery scattered about, there were also other beds like the one I was379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbn6BRGETom
laying on, most of them empty but a few with others like me. I knew right away they379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQwuCqrHN4l
were like me.379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv31reelsUa
