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“Does that include me?” I asked “Am I one of these ´Maybe´? Father?” I noticed335Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4D5apStBPW
he chose not to answer, but instead to deflect, “Since you can read already, I am sure335Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMcvePtdRd3
your writing skills are close behind, and so I would have you do something for me.335Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaFGhW81SVF
Something quite important.”335Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbZxazHmeJt
“I know writing, I mean what that is.” I remember waving my finger around as335Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOg3mxvUhwS
I tried to mimic the words on that sign “But I am not sure I can do it myself. Not yet.”335Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4NJDk28y2i
“It will come to you,” He smiled, his most appreciated attempt at inspiring any335Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhr6QBytHeW
confidence in me, “and when it does, I would like for you to write down everything335Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFnTophR71l
that is going to transpire tonight.” He then rummaged through that big bag he had335Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDf4QSql8Ce
been readying for the last moments, before finally slapping his forehead after realising335Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡceLCRtVE5J
what he was looking for was already in one of his pockets. He took it out, and then335Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVwPtCQHVJU
proudly handed it to me. That very same notebook that you now hold in your hand,335Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMWoIpFbouf
“Can you do that for me?” He insisted.335Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡol2ReztpoM
“I am not sure I -”335Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5FgSxXhPbl
“It will come to you, all the memories and much more.” He smiled as he handed335Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡProZNl4kY4
me some pencils too, “And when you know how, when you feel confident enough to335Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZrjn28nZow
start, I want you to write down everything concerning tonight. Write as much as you335Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjY32QUl9cU
can - use whatever sight is available to you; pen down whatever your eyes or your mind335Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJlePb26Ydw
decide to show you – keep writing until you find yourself out of here.”335Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJZ4OXYyPzS
“Can I make it like a story?” I asked shyly, “Of sorts...”335Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx0mYU2z82G
“Yes, if it pleases you. You can try and structure it like that if you want but do try335Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHsQf3UI6Rm
and avoid any glib words.” He took another quick and desperate peek through that335Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡklqL5n1Ozc
still barely opened crimson metal door “Then you can read it back to me, and to others,335Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeaFSMBdgAB
once we are far and away from this place - safe and under the sun.”335Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdJoc06N6qE
“Can I make some drawings too?” My heart jumped in expectation. “Well,”335Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlL2VzGnyuR
He looked at me again, with the most patient of smiles “yes, certainly. Whatever helps335Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5h6dKYuAwO
you in the telling, why not?” He rummaged again for some crayons which he then335Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUQTsJ5yXz4
handed to me, and then he hesitantly returned his worrisome look to what was waiting335Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ95w73VjjXL
on the other side of that door.335Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ497oKanvns
“Are we going now?” I asked while holding all the things he gave me as tightly as my335Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiZC8EsnONM
little weak hands possibly could, “Father?”335Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXtrnRwlzFd
“Where could they be?” I heard him whisper “Well, no matter.” He took a deep breath,335Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ9QWMKKj8Q
“Our way seems to be clear.” He then turned to me, with his eyes staring at mine in a335Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAzfcQgI2NY
more serious way than I had thought possible. “This is it. Are you ready?”335Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEb3Vdl8SJi
“Yes...” I scattered all the pencils and crayons across all pockets available to me and,335Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT4RHglHwhR
while holding that notebook tightly in my right arm, I slowly extended my left one.335Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFyU4HeM62b
He gently took hold of my hand, caressed my fingers a few times behind a comforting335Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlayqT6w7Z3
smile, and then pulled me with him...335Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgTtd4LD4Is
... and that is why I wrote all that you now hold.335Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡko73iHBzv4
“I see...” The Tinker admitted a bit dubiously when we were already back his place,335Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvcS5Y6LVsB
“That is quite the tale.” His fingers constantly caressing the well-worn cover of that335Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2OdSGqtEBC
notebook; so easily displaying all the eagerness that his eyes would not share.335Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeYHaRC59C2
“That is what happened.”335Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj8KShRF7Dm
“Well, and what then?” He asked as he gestured me to take a seat. We were now in335Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp4zCNdudUI
what he called a ´living room´, and I could see all sorts of things scattered around that335Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfdR6jEnFgj
makeshift table standing distinguishably in the middle. “Go on, sit down. Wherever335Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqlcjrJ81UE
you like.” he insisted after placing my notebook in the centre of that table. Then he335Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRc74093Q3m
turned around, towards some cupboards and a device leaking out all sorts of fire.335Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4UhlDYg9EW
“Can I take this one?” I asked regarding one of the few chairs I found in a usable335Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxGDJ7JLwg4
condition.335Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFZa0pJKT9C
“Go right ahead.” He promptly allowed, without even looking to see what I could be335Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlB4JWjjFMZ
referring to, as he was now clearly too busy preparing something. “Thank you.”335Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVrdXsumZKu
“And then,” he asked me again, “what happened after?” He turned around holding a335Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ72eVWbeA4
tray. On it rested a couple of exceptionally large and funny looking mugs, and between335Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIfHHQ44Yto
them was a smoking metal pot.
