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Asking me in all sorts of ways, but repeatedly nonetheless, who I was or what reason351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk96260ljun
could I have to write such things. And after he untied the now even less threatening351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsPLXIkuiHK
beast of burden, he helped me find my place on top of its generous back.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7PeDqE54LQ
He then went around it, patting its massive head as he passed quite comfortably in351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUHK3QyB9wl
front of it; and then he too took his place to my left.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡItLdvEsvGZ
Now, with the both of us sitting side by side and ready to go, he smiled at me351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡacoGI9KLDi
through the corner of his mouth before shouting for our advance. But the one he351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8EtjFkv8LI
called ´Gorliochi´ merely let out a howl of sorts... “Quit your blubbering.” He then351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWoNa7iOliJ
began to pull those reins on the big beast’s neck repeatedly until finally, the beast351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9jjeXw1GYP
began to move... “There we go. By the way, you pay no heed to these misbehaviours,351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIXUMr8I4dw
alright? Ol’ Gorli here likes to act a bit lazy these days.”351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGmGIrepeOG
“I have never seen such a creature.”351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp7FdqqzYvP
“Yeah,” He let out a sad and drawn-out confirmation, “There are not many like him351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ33ZKh4THt
around anymore. Frankly, I would be surprised if we ever encounter another one of his351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKH4fvrBBOD
kind.” He looked at me and then threw half a smile through the right corner of his351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvDdtfsxRvi
mouth; “Now, why don’t you start by telling me what made you write such a thing?351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0R0Jfigrug
And more importantly: what is your real connection to that old fool? You know, he351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnWTXbj3VO5
and I; we have been friends for the longest time girl, and I even spoke to him just351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHSOJHEV26n
recently.” He threw a quick look my way, obviously trying to fish for any kind of351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPPooqZGufG
reaction; “And he has never mentioned a single word about any plans for an adoption.”351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfz60sYk3wU
“I am not that used to talking...” I warned, “what I mean is: I have not done it with351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeWh23iMDxD
that many people yet so, I might - how you say - run off at the mouth.”351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOfCqj1SNpL
“Oh? Well then,” he explained through another crooked smile; one that revealed351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGxTNPzY3Kk
how few teeth he still had left, and also how big his gums were, “You can be at ease351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHuAPfB2DsN
since I am not that used to listening myself. “Besides,” he continued, “We still have351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR2wyzglU8c
ways to go, and nothing to do for the whole way but talk to each other. You just go351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVV2ovKkM6L
on for as much as you like without a worry. I am sure no word will feel unwarranted.”351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDHT8hycaYv
“Alright,” I replied nervously, but also thankfully. “I guess it would be better if I just351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Dup3Ah0YZ
went back to the beginning; to the very first time I opened my eyes...”351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcbtuAlsaVs
“...” He threw me a look of disbelief, but after that initial scepticism, not once did351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAsJdQPeNxy
he dare to interrupt me again. Not until I was done with that longest of replies, and351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBJIDHMlczH
by then, we would already be making ourselves comfortable inside his most peculiar351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRxVzEh5rgZ
household...351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy1WPWcfWd4
“...I slowly opened my eyes, like I had done so many times before, but still, they351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDSNOaZWPCa
could not trespass that pitch-black. It seemed that yet again I was to be frustrated by351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo2prd84xEn
blindness, and darkness was to remain as my only company. How long had it been351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0xCGG1h7Qw
since I first regained consciousness? How much time had already been stolen from351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0SEuLYuGnc
me? To seemingly punish me even further; I was to endure it all while strapped to a351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7VdnfB7wi7
bed and surrounded by all sorts of sounds and smells that only increased my curiosity,351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡILTx0IXnDK
only fuelled my already immeasurable desire to see - what a sentence. Another kind of351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfRySvq660b
darkness then swept over me as the shadows of frustration and anger began curving all351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDb4Y3mMKAl
around my mind, slowly turning into large black circles of depression.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡomW6RZt9p2
And then my body began telling what I could not: my fists clenched involuntarily351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcvs2SCLS8o
as my tiny arms trembled, my entire strapped body began to twitch and turn351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYSq1De2vR0
whichever way, and shortly after my teeth too were showing eagerness in joining351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWTLiqecDgy
that demonstration. I wanted to shout, to scream, to expel all that I was feeling, but351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9wtL2yNX4G
before my mouth could make its first echo, I began noticing that this time it would351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc9Pme6IqWc
be different. The darkness that had always been there in front of me, no matter how351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsZlJg7Zclm
much my eyes would widen, began to dissipate and those feelings with it; slowly, they351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNUEkhzi84j
all faded until other doings began to take over.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn64uhfUXKM
I began moving my head as much as those restraints would allow, and as soon as351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMSfuWLcxrx
most of that blurriness left me, I found myself laying down in a poorly lit room.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtyqUU7yV34
All sorts of machinery scattered about, there were also other beds like the one I was351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzXiROIP6MW
laying on, most of them empty but a few with others like me. I knew right away they351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbx4zhLkZHM
were like me.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡck6ArImE4g
