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Asking me in all sorts of ways, but repeatedly nonetheless, who I was or what reason412Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXTesxtaf4s
could I have to write such things. And after he untied the now even less threatening412Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3PJseXsOGl
beast of burden, he helped me find my place on top of its generous back.412Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1is65KVobt
He then went around it, patting its massive head as he passed quite comfortably in412Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ66w7pGQK9Y
front of it; and then he too took his place to my left.412Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEql36sY0ok
Now, with the both of us sitting side by side and ready to go, he smiled at me412Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ZzPmfZTuN
through the corner of his mouth before shouting for our advance. But the one he412Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy1o6Ai5lri
called ´Gorliochi´ merely let out a howl of sorts... “Quit your blubbering.” He then412Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2qqD3RY9UM
began to pull those reins on the big beast’s neck repeatedly until finally, the beast412Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaCH5tzRtLP
began to move... “There we go. By the way, you pay no heed to these misbehaviours,412Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9fG5FEmhrs
alright? Ol’ Gorli here likes to act a bit lazy these days.”412Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjbt582y7vr
“I have never seen such a creature.”412Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFBxmPbjBDE
“Yeah,” He let out a sad and drawn-out confirmation, “There are not many like him412Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq9P2h02YO6
around anymore. Frankly, I would be surprised if we ever encounter another one of his412Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5QulQyxcbE
kind.” He looked at me and then threw half a smile through the right corner of his412Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ633fIZrPnD
mouth; “Now, why don’t you start by telling me what made you write such a thing?412Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCECjUwTLWE
And more importantly: what is your real connection to that old fool? You know, he412Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD8fWq8c5C3
and I; we have been friends for the longest time girl, and I even spoke to him just412Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTTb5TIINu4
recently.” He threw a quick look my way, obviously trying to fish for any kind of412Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOFXCtA29n6
reaction; “And he has never mentioned a single word about any plans for an adoption.”412Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5eB9iLBrOw
“I am not that used to talking...” I warned, “what I mean is: I have not done it with412Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrvSnyzvc6M
that many people yet so, I might - how you say - run off at the mouth.”412Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIl0VhcRPMa
“Oh? Well then,” he explained through another crooked smile; one that revealed412Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI89jJUJdhA
how few teeth he still had left, and also how big his gums were, “You can be at ease412Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgNt9oPH9p2
since I am not that used to listening myself. “Besides,” he continued, “We still have412Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU3woMCe24U
ways to go, and nothing to do for the whole way but talk to each other. You just go412Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcHjuoNwMRW
on for as much as you like without a worry. I am sure no word will feel unwarranted.”412Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsSqBwmyx6a
“Alright,” I replied nervously, but also thankfully. “I guess it would be better if I just412Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPHFX0VugOT
went back to the beginning; to the very first time I opened my eyes...”412Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWgYnPRjHvo
“...” He threw me a look of disbelief, but after that initial scepticism, not once did412Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdWU9PUTpuM
he dare to interrupt me again. Not until I was done with that longest of replies, and412Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFX4Ei6MlFZ
by then, we would already be making ourselves comfortable inside his most peculiar412Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTCokUV1GN2
household...412Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWvWX8A7jGp
“...I slowly opened my eyes, like I had done so many times before, but still, they412Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNnmFBswrzz
could not trespass that pitch-black. It seemed that yet again I was to be frustrated by412Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD99xLFsUUV
blindness, and darkness was to remain as my only company. How long had it been412Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVaQQ3SiLEW
since I first regained consciousness? How much time had already been stolen from412Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsJsp75azLd
me? To seemingly punish me even further; I was to endure it all while strapped to a412Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI29qSYpt10
bed and surrounded by all sorts of sounds and smells that only increased my curiosity,412Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrSgWKKQVfq
only fuelled my already immeasurable desire to see - what a sentence. Another kind of412Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡglpTxO8mPB
darkness then swept over me as the shadows of frustration and anger began curving all412Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWtINoyVlcv
around my mind, slowly turning into large black circles of depression.412Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8m2IpJK9vi
And then my body began telling what I could not: my fists clenched involuntarily412Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvUwhH26Ta4
as my tiny arms trembled, my entire strapped body began to twitch and turn412Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuIV2ptgPzN
whichever way, and shortly after my teeth too were showing eagerness in joining412Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR5Nn3xk9hd
that demonstration. I wanted to shout, to scream, to expel all that I was feeling, but412Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzajwOyfZyc
before my mouth could make its first echo, I began noticing that this time it would412Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ54DYEeDFIo
be different. The darkness that had always been there in front of me, no matter how412Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvRFfDC9O9H
much my eyes would widen, began to dissipate and those feelings with it; slowly, they412Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYZQZ567wHd
all faded until other doings began to take over.412Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhJ3PnYJBar
I began moving my head as much as those restraints would allow, and as soon as412Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRa1O6cr8X4
most of that blurriness left me, I found myself laying down in a poorly lit room.412Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUlY523TD6K
All sorts of machinery scattered about, there were also other beds like the one I was412Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ83wUEMtS7l
laying on, most of them empty but a few with others like me. I knew right away they412Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMijvss2LYT
were like me.412Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnCQMc578Sf
