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“Does that include me?” I asked “Am I one of these ´Maybe´? Father?” I noticed388Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTyNhPZPf5D
he chose not to answer, but instead to deflect, “Since you can read already, I am sure388Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJCbW77JYdA
your writing skills are close behind, and so I would have you do something for me.388Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9eBdW9HWhQ
Something quite important.”388Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh1mt7DN0xc
“I know writing, I mean what that is.” I remember waving my finger around as388Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFVFvfVvgTn
I tried to mimic the words on that sign “But I am not sure I can do it myself. Not yet.”388Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe4swfeEjxS
“It will come to you,” He smiled, his most appreciated attempt at inspiring any388Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2LouKlj27q
confidence in me, “and when it does, I would like for you to write down everything388Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjzeP3o0zq1
that is going to transpire tonight.” He then rummaged through that big bag he had388Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTPix3ERar1
been readying for the last moments, before finally slapping his forehead after realising388Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy5bhEn4URj
what he was looking for was already in one of his pockets. He took it out, and then388Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpdCmRqF4g6
proudly handed it to me. That very same notebook that you now hold in your hand,388Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeZN5yiT1Uy
“Can you do that for me?” He insisted.388Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSmMAY86HRA
“I am not sure I -”388Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3DcX7nsrCs
“It will come to you, all the memories and much more.” He smiled as he handed388Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBEjXKfkNX9
me some pencils too, “And when you know how, when you feel confident enough to388Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡckSotuWPGn
start, I want you to write down everything concerning tonight. Write as much as you388Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIg4Zk8YGwf
can - use whatever sight is available to you; pen down whatever your eyes or your mind388Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhaiYJjV4GD
decide to show you – keep writing until you find yourself out of here.”388Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpUZO3X7eul
“Can I make it like a story?” I asked shyly, “Of sorts...”388Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO1EKeoohTR
“Yes, if it pleases you. You can try and structure it like that if you want but do try388Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHA692LTxgW
and avoid any glib words.” He took another quick and desperate peek through that388Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡztnVIBKTA8
still barely opened crimson metal door “Then you can read it back to me, and to others,388Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHFUnwNGoby
once we are far and away from this place - safe and under the sun.”388Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7VLDmhY8Do
“Can I make some drawings too?” My heart jumped in expectation. “Well,”388Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbQbLfyINuW
He looked at me again, with the most patient of smiles “yes, certainly. Whatever helps388Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmxLmRBkou9
you in the telling, why not?” He rummaged again for some crayons which he then388Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡizNxesu4V8
handed to me, and then he hesitantly returned his worrisome look to what was waiting388Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡALfZD8QYjQ
on the other side of that door.388Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtkIp6gvGSq
“Are we going now?” I asked while holding all the things he gave me as tightly as my388Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtx4h6YM7he
little weak hands possibly could, “Father?”388Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXC9QPpUI69
“Where could they be?” I heard him whisper “Well, no matter.” He took a deep breath,388Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ44a4oal0RG
“Our way seems to be clear.” He then turned to me, with his eyes staring at mine in a388Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkKDdZ4E8tN
more serious way than I had thought possible. “This is it. Are you ready?”388Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSk0mJGIOLS
“Yes...” I scattered all the pencils and crayons across all pockets available to me and,388Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7kJI5mhr54
while holding that notebook tightly in my right arm, I slowly extended my left one.388Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡln2m91DzkH
He gently took hold of my hand, caressed my fingers a few times behind a comforting388Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsF20uP4yhW
smile, and then pulled me with him...388Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVb98HMtblE
... and that is why I wrote all that you now hold.388Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7HiQytFb3A
“I see...” The Tinker admitted a bit dubiously when we were already back his place,388Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGkBN0jshFO
“That is quite the tale.” His fingers constantly caressing the well-worn cover of that388Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLrlURDlH1N
notebook; so easily displaying all the eagerness that his eyes would not share.388Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPQAnXBujci
“That is what happened.”388Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡju8p20iBTo
“Well, and what then?” He asked as he gestured me to take a seat. We were now in388Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFcSBpMcj13
what he called a ´living room´, and I could see all sorts of things scattered around that388Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXrLTElR024
makeshift table standing distinguishably in the middle. “Go on, sit down. Wherever388Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAO7JUgdOLk
you like.” he insisted after placing my notebook in the centre of that table. Then he388Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQhdDddHMlS
turned around, towards some cupboards and a device leaking out all sorts of fire.388Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmKOLvwINVQ
“Can I take this one?” I asked regarding one of the few chairs I found in a usable388Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡivyQKIJyD9
condition.388Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXUhWYSvRt0
“Go right ahead.” He promptly allowed, without even looking to see what I could be388Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqW3UYSHwEx
referring to, as he was now clearly too busy preparing something. “Thank you.”388Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfTPBOD6QGI
“And then,” he asked me again, “what happened after?” He turned around holding a388Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡswWErM4iJ6
tray. On it rested a couple of exceptionally large and funny looking mugs, and between388Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQj1L8zV0eW
them was a smoking metal pot.
