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“Does that include me?” I asked “Am I one of these ´Maybe´? Father?” I noticed327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfw1oreTDpn
he chose not to answer, but instead to deflect, “Since you can read already, I am sure327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbRLwTGSqmb
your writing skills are close behind, and so I would have you do something for me.327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2UYfX23eJF
Something quite important.”327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS3BhPBNeoj
“I know writing, I mean what that is.” I remember waving my finger around as327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjcAz6VI0NW
I tried to mimic the words on that sign “But I am not sure I can do it myself. Not yet.”327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPgwscsyqLm
“It will come to you,” He smiled, his most appreciated attempt at inspiring any327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWKB32RA0JJ
confidence in me, “and when it does, I would like for you to write down everything327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCdZPkMzI6k
that is going to transpire tonight.” He then rummaged through that big bag he had327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmKZMzePj2h
been readying for the last moments, before finally slapping his forehead after realising327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr89TXdfMz2
what he was looking for was already in one of his pockets. He took it out, and then327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA5s1CoQP8C
proudly handed it to me. That very same notebook that you now hold in your hand,327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmvet0TM9sP
“Can you do that for me?” He insisted.327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIoQ08mP441
“I am not sure I -”327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUcmDsLGJDQ
“It will come to you, all the memories and much more.” He smiled as he handed327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUWPWZ8e2QP
me some pencils too, “And when you know how, when you feel confident enough to327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiz62t2Iph7
start, I want you to write down everything concerning tonight. Write as much as you327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvH2K64gmzs
can - use whatever sight is available to you; pen down whatever your eyes or your mind327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXZm3dKy7lE
decide to show you – keep writing until you find yourself out of here.”327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgFlZVkll0f
“Can I make it like a story?” I asked shyly, “Of sorts...”327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDyjHiq17dX
“Yes, if it pleases you. You can try and structure it like that if you want but do try327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxuaQbijkgg
and avoid any glib words.” He took another quick and desperate peek through that327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1D2tqOQjCp
still barely opened crimson metal door “Then you can read it back to me, and to others,327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOpLHXK6qAg
once we are far and away from this place - safe and under the sun.”327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeIKnap6IT5
“Can I make some drawings too?” My heart jumped in expectation. “Well,”327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWZLqLts6Zr
He looked at me again, with the most patient of smiles “yes, certainly. Whatever helps327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN0XZgcj0KI
you in the telling, why not?” He rummaged again for some crayons which he then327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxzzqhBw03Q
handed to me, and then he hesitantly returned his worrisome look to what was waiting327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Xyh2utgNM
on the other side of that door.327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbUD569YlGO
“Are we going now?” I asked while holding all the things he gave me as tightly as my327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSBgy1N0g7x
little weak hands possibly could, “Father?”327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzXDQvPfILT
“Where could they be?” I heard him whisper “Well, no matter.” He took a deep breath,327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHTwjCrA0Py
“Our way seems to be clear.” He then turned to me, with his eyes staring at mine in a327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD6YSjmd0SI
more serious way than I had thought possible. “This is it. Are you ready?”327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9A5VWucY5l
“Yes...” I scattered all the pencils and crayons across all pockets available to me and,327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO4N6YtnjsZ
while holding that notebook tightly in my right arm, I slowly extended my left one.327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7JdQF77GWp
He gently took hold of my hand, caressed my fingers a few times behind a comforting327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWzo0GQLBKH
smile, and then pulled me with him...327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVePQM840gE
... and that is why I wrote all that you now hold.327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9pMhF3SRlw
“I see...” The Tinker admitted a bit dubiously when we were already back his place,327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrX8ke46t6a
“That is quite the tale.” His fingers constantly caressing the well-worn cover of that327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlxli6oiBiy
notebook; so easily displaying all the eagerness that his eyes would not share.327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ79X0HPx8VZ
“That is what happened.”327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuadkFDWgUj
“Well, and what then?” He asked as he gestured me to take a seat. We were now in327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzUZKh64mLX
what he called a ´living room´, and I could see all sorts of things scattered around that327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9fXp3wFvKa
makeshift table standing distinguishably in the middle. “Go on, sit down. Wherever327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu0G7ooAjEv
you like.” he insisted after placing my notebook in the centre of that table. Then he327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxC8Qo6DB3h
turned around, towards some cupboards and a device leaking out all sorts of fire.327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ14IzaYaXN3
“Can I take this one?” I asked regarding one of the few chairs I found in a usable327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyS5LO45JeF
condition.327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIZtvzD0Ghz
“Go right ahead.” He promptly allowed, without even looking to see what I could be327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRiCtWe6oWQ
referring to, as he was now clearly too busy preparing something. “Thank you.”327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUStenOsHH9
“And then,” he asked me again, “what happened after?” He turned around holding a327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq6UuGb0LDT
tray. On it rested a couple of exceptionally large and funny looking mugs, and between327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWE0qFAGvWv
them was a smoking metal pot.
