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Asking me in all sorts of ways, but repeatedly nonetheless, who I was or what reason417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3XRvCZoUjv
could I have to write such things. And after he untied the now even less threatening417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuQIKRaXx73
beast of burden, he helped me find my place on top of its generous back.417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZzbfaQFTc6
He then went around it, patting its massive head as he passed quite comfortably in417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsak9GXTEM6
front of it; and then he too took his place to my left.417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDcyL5KB9RW
Now, with the both of us sitting side by side and ready to go, he smiled at me417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0dnznjafAY
through the corner of his mouth before shouting for our advance. But the one he417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAv9KwakEoy
called ´Gorliochi´ merely let out a howl of sorts... “Quit your blubbering.” He then417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsgIzXncqe2
began to pull those reins on the big beast’s neck repeatedly until finally, the beast417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvJFZML93O7
began to move... “There we go. By the way, you pay no heed to these misbehaviours,417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDwWW3e6T7v
alright? Ol’ Gorli here likes to act a bit lazy these days.”417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbYWZWkQgIX
“I have never seen such a creature.”417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBl2jJFRspo
“Yeah,” He let out a sad and drawn-out confirmation, “There are not many like him417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7EQBy9K6Fl
around anymore. Frankly, I would be surprised if we ever encounter another one of his417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4XJqjvfJRs
kind.” He looked at me and then threw half a smile through the right corner of his417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ajh36JAg3
mouth; “Now, why don’t you start by telling me what made you write such a thing?417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk0rNV8y1Nf
And more importantly: what is your real connection to that old fool? You know, he417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYj8o4JUxOi
and I; we have been friends for the longest time girl, and I even spoke to him just417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMfDTu3kBGX
recently.” He threw a quick look my way, obviously trying to fish for any kind of417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ42nqVGOHNa
reaction; “And he has never mentioned a single word about any plans for an adoption.”417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9gY6GzZSx3
“I am not that used to talking...” I warned, “what I mean is: I have not done it with417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhiaG4brsTd
that many people yet so, I might - how you say - run off at the mouth.”417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGu7IWJTnqN
“Oh? Well then,” he explained through another crooked smile; one that revealed417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZdtRDYza7w
how few teeth he still had left, and also how big his gums were, “You can be at ease417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXEfgAPq57e
since I am not that used to listening myself. “Besides,” he continued, “We still have417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAGChhKQxOk
ways to go, and nothing to do for the whole way but talk to each other. You just go417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuzJdV43snW
on for as much as you like without a worry. I am sure no word will feel unwarranted.”417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgtIlYXoxx4
“Alright,” I replied nervously, but also thankfully. “I guess it would be better if I just417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPkgJldFHnR
went back to the beginning; to the very first time I opened my eyes...”417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWFIIIAfv3p
“...” He threw me a look of disbelief, but after that initial scepticism, not once did417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuxS2GxRTYG
he dare to interrupt me again. Not until I was done with that longest of replies, and417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWr4UjWtj6U
by then, we would already be making ourselves comfortable inside his most peculiar417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL9hvYJzLQH
household...417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRTmFZ9DjfX
“...I slowly opened my eyes, like I had done so many times before, but still, they417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqdK9HFTtCp
could not trespass that pitch-black. It seemed that yet again I was to be frustrated by417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrcmJI1uvHo
blindness, and darkness was to remain as my only company. How long had it been417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmYbi5rBCSU
since I first regained consciousness? How much time had already been stolen from417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ03kXBVQ1Ar
me? To seemingly punish me even further; I was to endure it all while strapped to a417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAzZPjCKJZ7
bed and surrounded by all sorts of sounds and smells that only increased my curiosity,417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn5hKE9podU
only fuelled my already immeasurable desire to see - what a sentence. Another kind of417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlVBnM7nylz
darkness then swept over me as the shadows of frustration and anger began curving all417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXL866ZouiV
around my mind, slowly turning into large black circles of depression.417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ccfvpIeDl
And then my body began telling what I could not: my fists clenched involuntarily417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRkFG59YO7x
as my tiny arms trembled, my entire strapped body began to twitch and turn417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡymfewbGeLl
whichever way, and shortly after my teeth too were showing eagerness in joining417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn2FMgDrTRE
that demonstration. I wanted to shout, to scream, to expel all that I was feeling, but417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBFNYUG811R
before my mouth could make its first echo, I began noticing that this time it would417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2xkTgZnIB2
be different. The darkness that had always been there in front of me, no matter how417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmi0JSv5bax
much my eyes would widen, began to dissipate and those feelings with it; slowly, they417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0mqg95pvnF
all faded until other doings began to take over.417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNOcsyoEeNy
I began moving my head as much as those restraints would allow, and as soon as417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvAGrdtscf3
most of that blurriness left me, I found myself laying down in a poorly lit room.417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0wsPwcmdjz
All sorts of machinery scattered about, there were also other beds like the one I was417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ71C5Xrckza
laying on, most of them empty but a few with others like me. I knew right away they417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡulgSqgWgrV
were like me.417Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqG3LZ97uo8
