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Asking me in all sorts of ways, but repeatedly nonetheless, who I was or what reason325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7YSZPR69RM
could I have to write such things. And after he untied the now even less threatening325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO9OeNBkw21
beast of burden, he helped me find my place on top of its generous back.325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG3Vwop8Z89
He then went around it, patting its massive head as he passed quite comfortably in325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡifBCTQM2JF
front of it; and then he too took his place to my left.325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpH7VRrf0Yk
Now, with the both of us sitting side by side and ready to go, he smiled at me325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7o4CGYo3Ys
through the corner of his mouth before shouting for our advance. But the one he325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4fRfGWiAWA
called ´Gorliochi´ merely let out a howl of sorts... “Quit your blubbering.” He then325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnY1s0tNTH7
began to pull those reins on the big beast’s neck repeatedly until finally, the beast325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlO9YxaabL4
began to move... “There we go. By the way, you pay no heed to these misbehaviours,325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoAi7ssW2dv
alright? Ol’ Gorli here likes to act a bit lazy these days.”325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6fYGqro69y
“I have never seen such a creature.”325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkktBrOOKB9
“Yeah,” He let out a sad and drawn-out confirmation, “There are not many like him325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbMxBQus1nY
around anymore. Frankly, I would be surprised if we ever encounter another one of his325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡloydbrUuUM
kind.” He looked at me and then threw half a smile through the right corner of his325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK1F3s2dS9l
mouth; “Now, why don’t you start by telling me what made you write such a thing?325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvXzqgAFa0H
And more importantly: what is your real connection to that old fool? You know, he325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9bOEv4FNJ9
and I; we have been friends for the longest time girl, and I even spoke to him just325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXGT17Abuda
recently.” He threw a quick look my way, obviously trying to fish for any kind of325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd1Q61gSkPQ
reaction; “And he has never mentioned a single word about any plans for an adoption.”325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKzE3ZaCFX7
“I am not that used to talking...” I warned, “what I mean is: I have not done it with325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVdRzq1wlKU
that many people yet so, I might - how you say - run off at the mouth.”325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvepgc9t8Ir
“Oh? Well then,” he explained through another crooked smile; one that revealed325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFZkwbMm7aU
how few teeth he still had left, and also how big his gums were, “You can be at ease325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQEyOU7XJ88
since I am not that used to listening myself. “Besides,” he continued, “We still have325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXxKwzxoQqa
ways to go, and nothing to do for the whole way but talk to each other. You just go325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡclaO78shoa
on for as much as you like without a worry. I am sure no word will feel unwarranted.”325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9rIyoZDDPP
“Alright,” I replied nervously, but also thankfully. “I guess it would be better if I just325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0tLjJyK4T3
went back to the beginning; to the very first time I opened my eyes...”325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo7uia5C6z1
“...” He threw me a look of disbelief, but after that initial scepticism, not once did325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Lu6mnrOqx
he dare to interrupt me again. Not until I was done with that longest of replies, and325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6cZRlFXQxQ
by then, we would already be making ourselves comfortable inside his most peculiar325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcoq8JiU5mU
household...325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ25BUTNlAG1
“...I slowly opened my eyes, like I had done so many times before, but still, they325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxmtNzx2UZJ
could not trespass that pitch-black. It seemed that yet again I was to be frustrated by325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡup0gqg2VtC
blindness, and darkness was to remain as my only company. How long had it been325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡExkexxipGp
since I first regained consciousness? How much time had already been stolen from325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY0cNuZAHKb
me? To seemingly punish me even further; I was to endure it all while strapped to a325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAM8plWCUGW
bed and surrounded by all sorts of sounds and smells that only increased my curiosity,325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqkd8TTAaLI
only fuelled my already immeasurable desire to see - what a sentence. Another kind of325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm9KKR1tuzw
darkness then swept over me as the shadows of frustration and anger began curving all325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2iCw11ZTTE
around my mind, slowly turning into large black circles of depression.325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrm8J7EY1Z0
And then my body began telling what I could not: my fists clenched involuntarily325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrZ82tWi7uh
as my tiny arms trembled, my entire strapped body began to twitch and turn325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFJK7xCAbJ7
whichever way, and shortly after my teeth too were showing eagerness in joining325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY3muFFRifv
that demonstration. I wanted to shout, to scream, to expel all that I was feeling, but325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNYUB2jT3W1
before my mouth could make its first echo, I began noticing that this time it would325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡolhcZRVsQS
be different. The darkness that had always been there in front of me, no matter how325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeWEPDlJtTp
much my eyes would widen, began to dissipate and those feelings with it; slowly, they325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRKivd8Wez5
all faded until other doings began to take over.325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF4CS0kslB0
I began moving my head as much as those restraints would allow, and as soon as325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1V6S7gTzpI
most of that blurriness left me, I found myself laying down in a poorly lit room.325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYxEC8eFQre
All sorts of machinery scattered about, there were also other beds like the one I was325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr1iPKK6NaY
laying on, most of them empty but a few with others like me. I knew right away they325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeJ7QGaXdal
were like me.325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvBWpsaSAqk
