“Does that include me?” I asked “Am I one of these ´Maybe´? Father?” I noticed94Please respect copyright.PENANAgJDjAnZndz
he chose not to answer, but instead to deflect, “Since you can read already, I am sure94Please respect copyright.PENANA2dwHMuvrjn
your writing skills are close behind, and so I would have you do something for me.94Please respect copyright.PENANA4J712G9kMK
Something quite important.”94Please respect copyright.PENANAJeM7HxUR6q
“I know writing, I mean what that is.” I remember waving my finger around as94Please respect copyright.PENANAjNjhgaBJrS
I tried to mimic the words on that sign “But I am not sure I can do it myself. Not yet.”94Please respect copyright.PENANAqFhdIvUtXB
“It will come to you,” He smiled, his most appreciated attempt at inspiring any94Please respect copyright.PENANArxnC1gq9aM
confidence in me, “and when it does, I would like for you to write down everything94Please respect copyright.PENANA5P1WF4vvr2
that is going to transpire tonight.” He then rummaged through that big bag he had94Please respect copyright.PENANAPiOxDoJZWJ
been readying for the last moments, before finally slapping his forehead after realising94Please respect copyright.PENANATYkPFaVfML
what he was looking for was already in one of his pockets. He took it out, and then94Please respect copyright.PENANAiGEMnJIuw6
proudly handed it to me. That very same notebook that you now hold in your hand,94Please respect copyright.PENANARe0uCF9CKM
“Can you do that for me?” He insisted.94Please respect copyright.PENANAlOIGe3hgfr
“I am not sure I -”94Please respect copyright.PENANANEB9SCkeFX
“It will come to you, all the memories and much more.” He smiled as he handed94Please respect copyright.PENANAezBzP7Mdlx
me some pencils too, “And when you know how, when you feel confident enough to94Please respect copyright.PENANAkYOeFsV5kG
start, I want you to write down everything concerning tonight. Write as much as you94Please respect copyright.PENANA9q9gwaKVHK
can - use whatever sight is available to you; pen down whatever your eyes or your mind94Please respect copyright.PENANAeTnAPohlel
decide to show you – keep writing until you find yourself out of here.”94Please respect copyright.PENANAJjtvcUberc
“Can I make it like a story?” I asked shyly, “Of sorts...”94Please respect copyright.PENANAn8DwOdNmQZ
“Yes, if it pleases you. You can try and structure it like that if you want but do try94Please respect copyright.PENANAoVlIvEt5hT
and avoid any glib words.” He took another quick and desperate peek through that94Please respect copyright.PENANACSoqQlVEdk
still barely opened crimson metal door “Then you can read it back to me, and to others,94Please respect copyright.PENANAiWQDCoiJfd
once we are far and away from this place - safe and under the sun.”94Please respect copyright.PENANAKnG98haHiL
“Can I make some drawings too?” My heart jumped in expectation. “Well,”94Please respect copyright.PENANAgQRyqCIDkr
He looked at me again, with the most patient of smiles “yes, certainly. Whatever helps94Please respect copyright.PENANAmlS22VpOsc
you in the telling, why not?” He rummaged again for some crayons which he then94Please respect copyright.PENANARfuqMiScSc
handed to me, and then he hesitantly returned his worrisome look to what was waiting94Please respect copyright.PENANAlLXbgeEG47
on the other side of that door.94Please respect copyright.PENANALhc6VH9ptP
“Are we going now?” I asked while holding all the things he gave me as tightly as my94Please respect copyright.PENANA3hThy4JOwC
little weak hands possibly could, “Father?”94Please respect copyright.PENANAMM1GdyUeOh
“Where could they be?” I heard him whisper “Well, no matter.” He took a deep breath,94Please respect copyright.PENANAh75Slc0mvf
“Our way seems to be clear.” He then turned to me, with his eyes staring at mine in a94Please respect copyright.PENANAYkU12oEBCW
more serious way than I had thought possible. “This is it. Are you ready?”94Please respect copyright.PENANAOP8H5BYp9g
“Yes...” I scattered all the pencils and crayons across all pockets available to me and,94Please respect copyright.PENANAU7IdTWAgiO
while holding that notebook tightly in my right arm, I slowly extended my left one.94Please respect copyright.PENANAAHWj9JGOlT
He gently took hold of my hand, caressed my fingers a few times behind a comforting94Please respect copyright.PENANABDkIooLu1h
smile, and then pulled me with him...94Please respect copyright.PENANAnQejxfLZVG
... and that is why I wrote all that you now hold.94Please respect copyright.PENANAuaM0OidxiC
“I see...” The Tinker admitted a bit dubiously when we were already back his place,94Please respect copyright.PENANAQOHZNHgXC6
“That is quite the tale.” His fingers constantly caressing the well-worn cover of that94Please respect copyright.PENANAbPagnSTjje
notebook; so easily displaying all the eagerness that his eyes would not share.94Please respect copyright.PENANAJhsDCuuUrN
“That is what happened.”94Please respect copyright.PENANAGms5Vk2T3m
“Well, and what then?” He asked as he gestured me to take a seat. We were now in94Please respect copyright.PENANAA4IvApskhC
what he called a ´living room´, and I could see all sorts of things scattered around that94Please respect copyright.PENANA8bOQGJ9Hoy
makeshift table standing distinguishably in the middle. “Go on, sit down. Wherever94Please respect copyright.PENANA09bXElsO08
you like.” he insisted after placing my notebook in the centre of that table. Then he94Please respect copyright.PENANA2ii59eF6Lq
turned around, towards some cupboards and a device leaking out all sorts of fire.94Please respect copyright.PENANAMTUDfn8ih3
“Can I take this one?” I asked regarding one of the few chairs I found in a usable94Please respect copyright.PENANAS4a9v0JCWJ
condition.94Please respect copyright.PENANAiGhVFCJUWm
“Go right ahead.” He promptly allowed, without even looking to see what I could be94Please respect copyright.PENANA4zjb57Ey3Z
referring to, as he was now clearly too busy preparing something. “Thank you.”94Please respect copyright.PENANAoXGJQJFzYj
“And then,” he asked me again, “what happened after?” He turned around holding a94Please respect copyright.PENANA2I5LER6tyr
tray. On it rested a couple of exceptionally large and funny looking mugs, and between94Please respect copyright.PENANApVekyFT7CO
them was a smoking metal pot.