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“Does that include me?” I asked “Am I one of these ´Maybe´? Father?” I noticed354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpQ8v9y95ql
he chose not to answer, but instead to deflect, “Since you can read already, I am sure354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUkgoutZ8P8
your writing skills are close behind, and so I would have you do something for me.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIxKbYkPdxe
Something quite important.”354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8edf1gnkG7
“I know writing, I mean what that is.” I remember waving my finger around as354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡurszqGMD9G
I tried to mimic the words on that sign “But I am not sure I can do it myself. Not yet.”354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHGnt98xIVf
“It will come to you,” He smiled, his most appreciated attempt at inspiring any354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsM3J9zs1h2
confidence in me, “and when it does, I would like for you to write down everything354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDzpCG53OgC
that is going to transpire tonight.” He then rummaged through that big bag he had354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAvxSYPwfuw
been readying for the last moments, before finally slapping his forehead after realising354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtECkHQyoHi
what he was looking for was already in one of his pockets. He took it out, and then354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM9w1KIrD4Z
proudly handed it to me. That very same notebook that you now hold in your hand,354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcu8aPfU5z1
“Can you do that for me?” He insisted.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuocDxySWgL
“I am not sure I -”354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRy1H3eQUe6
“It will come to you, all the memories and much more.” He smiled as he handed354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWkH3jwc9GW
me some pencils too, “And when you know how, when you feel confident enough to354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHRW8Saw9HO
start, I want you to write down everything concerning tonight. Write as much as you354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLw5XRyuWNy
can - use whatever sight is available to you; pen down whatever your eyes or your mind354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH43GE6vU4k
decide to show you – keep writing until you find yourself out of here.”354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ47DvcIrOfO
“Can I make it like a story?” I asked shyly, “Of sorts...”354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQDuAnbhdwP
“Yes, if it pleases you. You can try and structure it like that if you want but do try354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvxIlSCCUE5
and avoid any glib words.” He took another quick and desperate peek through that354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ54yU9jpvik
still barely opened crimson metal door “Then you can read it back to me, and to others,354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjnUOYP0ZlL
once we are far and away from this place - safe and under the sun.”354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRFwVCEuvmy
“Can I make some drawings too?” My heart jumped in expectation. “Well,”354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrgxCVDWyKM
He looked at me again, with the most patient of smiles “yes, certainly. Whatever helps354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzSYsAuM0E7
you in the telling, why not?” He rummaged again for some crayons which he then354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8KK7MtVRkd
handed to me, and then he hesitantly returned his worrisome look to what was waiting354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi0l73VKKH0
on the other side of that door.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡECq7OqeJ9U
“Are we going now?” I asked while holding all the things he gave me as tightly as my354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcISn3b1Icj
little weak hands possibly could, “Father?”354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Jr2DH7rAQ
“Where could they be?” I heard him whisper “Well, no matter.” He took a deep breath,354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYa2NcyTAuM
“Our way seems to be clear.” He then turned to me, with his eyes staring at mine in a354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLCIzEo8LgF
more serious way than I had thought possible. “This is it. Are you ready?”354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH507wj3wRp
“Yes...” I scattered all the pencils and crayons across all pockets available to me and,354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOEhdHbYf7i
while holding that notebook tightly in my right arm, I slowly extended my left one.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ63sa78ygd7
He gently took hold of my hand, caressed my fingers a few times behind a comforting354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMssrSXIXiS
smile, and then pulled me with him...354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzbnzFARMxu
... and that is why I wrote all that you now hold.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvVaeFPJ6Uw
“I see...” The Tinker admitted a bit dubiously when we were already back his place,354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJdXBvxAa5H
“That is quite the tale.” His fingers constantly caressing the well-worn cover of that354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTdFGVSZ6cr
notebook; so easily displaying all the eagerness that his eyes would not share.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlPbnrig11g
“That is what happened.”354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi4SfzbmqyC
“Well, and what then?” He asked as he gestured me to take a seat. We were now in354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlv6lgl7odK
what he called a ´living room´, and I could see all sorts of things scattered around that354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrx9qejamJF
makeshift table standing distinguishably in the middle. “Go on, sit down. Wherever354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡle5aPww0JH
you like.” he insisted after placing my notebook in the centre of that table. Then he354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjO2K8TCjho
turned around, towards some cupboards and a device leaking out all sorts of fire.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4RQMOlKphy
“Can I take this one?” I asked regarding one of the few chairs I found in a usable354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH2TVFDPpRO
condition.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeq403OSLLm
“Go right ahead.” He promptly allowed, without even looking to see what I could be354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGGFSS58el4
referring to, as he was now clearly too busy preparing something. “Thank you.”354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTOZw5R2MN0
“And then,” he asked me again, “what happened after?” He turned around holding a354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdEdDxjIrAd
tray. On it rested a couple of exceptionally large and funny looking mugs, and between354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡie5dbyUwrN
them was a smoking metal pot.
