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Asking me in all sorts of ways, but repeatedly nonetheless, who I was or what reason361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbZsgkSGSOH
could I have to write such things. And after he untied the now even less threatening361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHUZqeqJBa6
beast of burden, he helped me find my place on top of its generous back.361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj3MIYXr5Vg
He then went around it, patting its massive head as he passed quite comfortably in361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE4gFVR1BxO
front of it; and then he too took his place to my left.361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOQPyZhk9lk
Now, with the both of us sitting side by side and ready to go, he smiled at me361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj1dCY1vSFT
through the corner of his mouth before shouting for our advance. But the one he361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV9A44qxo5D
called ´Gorliochi´ merely let out a howl of sorts... “Quit your blubbering.” He then361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNG8Ggouhw0
began to pull those reins on the big beast’s neck repeatedly until finally, the beast361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1BBhgj5ia1
began to move... “There we go. By the way, you pay no heed to these misbehaviours,361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJpYYEwKxKM
alright? Ol’ Gorli here likes to act a bit lazy these days.”361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPdQqCWLlIA
“I have never seen such a creature.”361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLrSQXWBdzr
“Yeah,” He let out a sad and drawn-out confirmation, “There are not many like him361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhn572pbRBh
around anymore. Frankly, I would be surprised if we ever encounter another one of his361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt1H01hJOd8
kind.” He looked at me and then threw half a smile through the right corner of his361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLf95Z7fDwp
mouth; “Now, why don’t you start by telling me what made you write such a thing?361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcm571eoMGQ
And more importantly: what is your real connection to that old fool? You know, he361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxHNqB0D4z2
and I; we have been friends for the longest time girl, and I even spoke to him just361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGWcAPSuL0Y
recently.” He threw a quick look my way, obviously trying to fish for any kind of361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaNqYCizg98
reaction; “And he has never mentioned a single word about any plans for an adoption.”361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpdMZAP2l03
“I am not that used to talking...” I warned, “what I mean is: I have not done it with361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡokudbMjBEX
that many people yet so, I might - how you say - run off at the mouth.”361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJlqpS5ENIi
“Oh? Well then,” he explained through another crooked smile; one that revealed361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO4NDOSSUfM
how few teeth he still had left, and also how big his gums were, “You can be at ease361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3iVW8szJDd
since I am not that used to listening myself. “Besides,” he continued, “We still have361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjdjUZxvMxX
ways to go, and nothing to do for the whole way but talk to each other. You just go361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcuZTl80VnM
on for as much as you like without a worry. I am sure no word will feel unwarranted.”361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0GMx1TQzJk
“Alright,” I replied nervously, but also thankfully. “I guess it would be better if I just361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbfHuToKQ6n
went back to the beginning; to the very first time I opened my eyes...”361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjPQl3cs3hC
“...” He threw me a look of disbelief, but after that initial scepticism, not once did361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzm1V8tE6EF
he dare to interrupt me again. Not until I was done with that longest of replies, and361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuSxxjmp5R0
by then, we would already be making ourselves comfortable inside his most peculiar361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLBHVFkoEHl
household...361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPVPnEYMSTi
“...I slowly opened my eyes, like I had done so many times before, but still, they361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjpnDZfyfG5
could not trespass that pitch-black. It seemed that yet again I was to be frustrated by361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdP4Ldso2F3
blindness, and darkness was to remain as my only company. How long had it been361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTXMFiVp20a
since I first regained consciousness? How much time had already been stolen from361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwrVudbY9Gx
me? To seemingly punish me even further; I was to endure it all while strapped to a361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfys12XSTt0
bed and surrounded by all sorts of sounds and smells that only increased my curiosity,361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlGsYLV57Vx
only fuelled my already immeasurable desire to see - what a sentence. Another kind of361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIHYN5lOexz
darkness then swept over me as the shadows of frustration and anger began curving all361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKWGBoiMZCP
around my mind, slowly turning into large black circles of depression.361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc1S0atSCfU
And then my body began telling what I could not: my fists clenched involuntarily361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF14oVG3bbn
as my tiny arms trembled, my entire strapped body began to twitch and turn361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9y6GilTCIA
whichever way, and shortly after my teeth too were showing eagerness in joining361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgNkUnkYMmm
that demonstration. I wanted to shout, to scream, to expel all that I was feeling, but361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL5GDjTRtAn
before my mouth could make its first echo, I began noticing that this time it would361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG4NQBDBdJp
be different. The darkness that had always been there in front of me, no matter how361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmXGJFuborB
much my eyes would widen, began to dissipate and those feelings with it; slowly, they361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGt7VYFqD0P
all faded until other doings began to take over.361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjVCmrUgvmp
I began moving my head as much as those restraints would allow, and as soon as361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6hGKj83cLk
most of that blurriness left me, I found myself laying down in a poorly lit room.361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdpT0lpI6we
All sorts of machinery scattered about, there were also other beds like the one I was361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPZ6b51McdR
laying on, most of them empty but a few with others like me. I knew right away they361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGvms11NnLO
were like me.361Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Eh6RdvzR2
