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Asking me in all sorts of ways, but repeatedly nonetheless, who I was or what reason317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1IzYPDMTRN
could I have to write such things. And after he untied the now even less threatening317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqF9WLoTR6x
beast of burden, he helped me find my place on top of its generous back.317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7EyE4zKmcu
He then went around it, patting its massive head as he passed quite comfortably in317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW9s6dGvFSy
front of it; and then he too took his place to my left.317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYolI0v5ezX
Now, with the both of us sitting side by side and ready to go, he smiled at me317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvjfNpjwxgO
through the corner of his mouth before shouting for our advance. But the one he317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTAh6eZCAxQ
called ´Gorliochi´ merely let out a howl of sorts... “Quit your blubbering.” He then317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbHAKw0xT7G
began to pull those reins on the big beast’s neck repeatedly until finally, the beast317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsHSoZwv9gO
began to move... “There we go. By the way, you pay no heed to these misbehaviours,317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSPsOnLUH1U
alright? Ol’ Gorli here likes to act a bit lazy these days.”317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyHNR6VCnJX
“I have never seen such a creature.”317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9VJ3yF4WC0
“Yeah,” He let out a sad and drawn-out confirmation, “There are not many like him317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqzMje7HafE
around anymore. Frankly, I would be surprised if we ever encounter another one of his317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7I6rwnVJJR
kind.” He looked at me and then threw half a smile through the right corner of his317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIND9VHL8k2
mouth; “Now, why don’t you start by telling me what made you write such a thing?317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoSlHUXE5bW
And more importantly: what is your real connection to that old fool? You know, he317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡabanpTz3tf
and I; we have been friends for the longest time girl, and I even spoke to him just317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdERVzTGCeY
recently.” He threw a quick look my way, obviously trying to fish for any kind of317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfMdZjT2bXA
reaction; “And he has never mentioned a single word about any plans for an adoption.”317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiNwvXtFXk4
“I am not that used to talking...” I warned, “what I mean is: I have not done it with317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRW3db0iZSs
that many people yet so, I might - how you say - run off at the mouth.”317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiij34T8u8S
“Oh? Well then,” he explained through another crooked smile; one that revealed317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc1lR9VKQnB
how few teeth he still had left, and also how big his gums were, “You can be at ease317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP1MmZwp5CT
since I am not that used to listening myself. “Besides,” he continued, “We still have317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA5AnQZGLG4
ways to go, and nothing to do for the whole way but talk to each other. You just go317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbSihgIN7uw
on for as much as you like without a worry. I am sure no word will feel unwarranted.”317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfQ9eWTfQWq
“Alright,” I replied nervously, but also thankfully. “I guess it would be better if I just317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ibXWQ6Bns
went back to the beginning; to the very first time I opened my eyes...”317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0nk5rONXuZ
“...” He threw me a look of disbelief, but after that initial scepticism, not once did317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡotMuKBsG5K
he dare to interrupt me again. Not until I was done with that longest of replies, and317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2LojS851JR
by then, we would already be making ourselves comfortable inside his most peculiar317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9BiRCVadUF
household...317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhjfjuGqCWy
“...I slowly opened my eyes, like I had done so many times before, but still, they317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv0adiTMj12
could not trespass that pitch-black. It seemed that yet again I was to be frustrated by317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0RCODPlihD
blindness, and darkness was to remain as my only company. How long had it been317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9yHEmJtmyk
since I first regained consciousness? How much time had already been stolen from317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHLtnGBP3mS
me? To seemingly punish me even further; I was to endure it all while strapped to a317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKGFQBHHe6R
bed and surrounded by all sorts of sounds and smells that only increased my curiosity,317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyhy8SO4Z5o
only fuelled my already immeasurable desire to see - what a sentence. Another kind of317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSpCrnJUR8m
darkness then swept over me as the shadows of frustration and anger began curving all317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1x7ZwRpWwo
around my mind, slowly turning into large black circles of depression.317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHPwuxkOjYL
And then my body began telling what I could not: my fists clenched involuntarily317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuII1d0CcT3
as my tiny arms trembled, my entire strapped body began to twitch and turn317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLTpNaTGzVc
whichever way, and shortly after my teeth too were showing eagerness in joining317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCEXqThDDdf
that demonstration. I wanted to shout, to scream, to expel all that I was feeling, but317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7oHDLxxpqP
before my mouth could make its first echo, I began noticing that this time it would317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh3ybJAFHxv
be different. The darkness that had always been there in front of me, no matter how317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5moA1b4FEm
much my eyes would widen, began to dissipate and those feelings with it; slowly, they317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ68J0x8LzbC
all faded until other doings began to take over.317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzS2j5vxhLb
I began moving my head as much as those restraints would allow, and as soon as317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPUlPluQqWw
most of that blurriness left me, I found myself laying down in a poorly lit room.317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiGPpNjJWtU
All sorts of machinery scattered about, there were also other beds like the one I was317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfuOmEUh8MC
laying on, most of them empty but a few with others like me. I knew right away they317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ76zFSlrdvU
were like me.317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYCAL3Dew7G
