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“Does that include me?” I asked “Am I one of these ´Maybe´? Father?” I noticed285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV198lYsSZi
he chose not to answer, but instead to deflect, “Since you can read already, I am sure285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDeB8y63dm8
your writing skills are close behind, and so I would have you do something for me.285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZVTruztUUz
Something quite important.”285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC6gFHI7tRS
“I know writing, I mean what that is.” I remember waving my finger around as285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7pU4tpkBTH
I tried to mimic the words on that sign “But I am not sure I can do it myself. Not yet.”285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Sfv1C2Y1j
“It will come to you,” He smiled, his most appreciated attempt at inspiring any285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuzoTq7p8Pq
confidence in me, “and when it does, I would like for you to write down everything285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡySz49PHtzh
that is going to transpire tonight.” He then rummaged through that big bag he had285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcYQUZbYMZQ
been readying for the last moments, before finally slapping his forehead after realising285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfa2ic1Hke6
what he was looking for was already in one of his pockets. He took it out, and then285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqY6d1UKsS5
proudly handed it to me. That very same notebook that you now hold in your hand,285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYLxmaKNhap
“Can you do that for me?” He insisted.285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0HYUaYYLxH
“I am not sure I -”285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1su1EzjSAN
“It will come to you, all the memories and much more.” He smiled as he handed285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPdmdRk4aWF
me some pencils too, “And when you know how, when you feel confident enough to285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWN071cBTwM
start, I want you to write down everything concerning tonight. Write as much as you285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlwrntktLnG
can - use whatever sight is available to you; pen down whatever your eyes or your mind285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNPHJz0A1cr
decide to show you – keep writing until you find yourself out of here.”285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwfqxXtPBKR
“Can I make it like a story?” I asked shyly, “Of sorts...”285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd69wZDIxqk
“Yes, if it pleases you. You can try and structure it like that if you want but do try285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGswh49bU1D
and avoid any glib words.” He took another quick and desperate peek through that285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFbQDo2thLr
still barely opened crimson metal door “Then you can read it back to me, and to others,285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoHJSxWFoEH
once we are far and away from this place - safe and under the sun.”285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKTlfvNcyRa
“Can I make some drawings too?” My heart jumped in expectation. “Well,”285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcL91DBwMvk
He looked at me again, with the most patient of smiles “yes, certainly. Whatever helps285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZMgIxGgqp0
you in the telling, why not?” He rummaged again for some crayons which he then285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsQCtpeGQ2x
handed to me, and then he hesitantly returned his worrisome look to what was waiting285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf8ZIpaoLYv
on the other side of that door.285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAJaKCHEzVt
“Are we going now?” I asked while holding all the things he gave me as tightly as my285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyw6lg6udJm
little weak hands possibly could, “Father?”285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZQFQNB8veh
“Where could they be?” I heard him whisper “Well, no matter.” He took a deep breath,285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDQdWTs8tWC
“Our way seems to be clear.” He then turned to me, with his eyes staring at mine in a285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSgVuEomfI1
more serious way than I had thought possible. “This is it. Are you ready?”285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCDhzRQAspU
“Yes...” I scattered all the pencils and crayons across all pockets available to me and,285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGdKyUnfi3E
while holding that notebook tightly in my right arm, I slowly extended my left one.285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJmU49GvPSC
He gently took hold of my hand, caressed my fingers a few times behind a comforting285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjXCb95k4iH
smile, and then pulled me with him...285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFxilF7bcIK
... and that is why I wrote all that you now hold.285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡko8boldAdj
“I see...” The Tinker admitted a bit dubiously when we were already back his place,285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdx9hOpX4IZ
“That is quite the tale.” His fingers constantly caressing the well-worn cover of that285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUVgBiL6jdX
notebook; so easily displaying all the eagerness that his eyes would not share.285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhCUa4qDg3v
“That is what happened.”285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Nm35UWUeE
“Well, and what then?” He asked as he gestured me to take a seat. We were now in285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEOfgXIbRBl
what he called a ´living room´, and I could see all sorts of things scattered around that285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM1OtV5Dws5
makeshift table standing distinguishably in the middle. “Go on, sit down. Wherever285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFpihNLWoXR
you like.” he insisted after placing my notebook in the centre of that table. Then he285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡceP7iBkjJZ
turned around, towards some cupboards and a device leaking out all sorts of fire.285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFXnIjoiCth
“Can I take this one?” I asked regarding one of the few chairs I found in a usable285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvA90h9JCw5
condition.285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrH4akMXV9e
“Go right ahead.” He promptly allowed, without even looking to see what I could be285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAQG0bYkall
referring to, as he was now clearly too busy preparing something. “Thank you.”285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZPEKyRh16W
“And then,” he asked me again, “what happened after?” He turned around holding a285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyfsyyi5HJc
tray. On it rested a couple of exceptionally large and funny looking mugs, and between285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6g9P4EyRiN
them was a smoking metal pot.
