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“Does that include me?” I asked “Am I one of these ´Maybe´? Father?” I noticed334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJC0I5UZD9V
he chose not to answer, but instead to deflect, “Since you can read already, I am sure334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOc7yz4IwFw
your writing skills are close behind, and so I would have you do something for me.334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7P1dMbyXRF
Something quite important.”334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIINmurzSOq
“I know writing, I mean what that is.” I remember waving my finger around as334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL1VcVUqqxZ
I tried to mimic the words on that sign “But I am not sure I can do it myself. Not yet.”334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ssULglrbG
“It will come to you,” He smiled, his most appreciated attempt at inspiring any334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡndKfyWqVMT
confidence in me, “and when it does, I would like for you to write down everything334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAVE2oI28Xg
that is going to transpire tonight.” He then rummaged through that big bag he had334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvfmUyttwYC
been readying for the last moments, before finally slapping his forehead after realising334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8NAQru7dI3
what he was looking for was already in one of his pockets. He took it out, and then334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2rR0VkAc3C
proudly handed it to me. That very same notebook that you now hold in your hand,334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMEK8jusya6
“Can you do that for me?” He insisted.334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGSHLCWuZnx
“I am not sure I -”334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdyetm1RWox
“It will come to you, all the memories and much more.” He smiled as he handed334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJilGoMCb6f
me some pencils too, “And when you know how, when you feel confident enough to334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHdTqS9DwWh
start, I want you to write down everything concerning tonight. Write as much as you334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMcV7fE20Bf
can - use whatever sight is available to you; pen down whatever your eyes or your mind334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSWnSDzc6U2
decide to show you – keep writing until you find yourself out of here.”334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAvAkVREvHk
“Can I make it like a story?” I asked shyly, “Of sorts...”334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq48hrpmZFa
“Yes, if it pleases you. You can try and structure it like that if you want but do try334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡew8lDtxPrW
and avoid any glib words.” He took another quick and desperate peek through that334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHI07zO8g43
still barely opened crimson metal door “Then you can read it back to me, and to others,334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUUyAfkpaeD
once we are far and away from this place - safe and under the sun.”334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6owC783B03
“Can I make some drawings too?” My heart jumped in expectation. “Well,”334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡINY0KgfmQZ
He looked at me again, with the most patient of smiles “yes, certainly. Whatever helps334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcTuCBKTw1X
you in the telling, why not?” He rummaged again for some crayons which he then334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGfYPBFp0sm
handed to me, and then he hesitantly returned his worrisome look to what was waiting334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZskAG5gMzh
on the other side of that door.334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmFppyTsYzT
“Are we going now?” I asked while holding all the things he gave me as tightly as my334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2i12YEP8JO
little weak hands possibly could, “Father?”334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1sqjwwbTQS
“Where could they be?” I heard him whisper “Well, no matter.” He took a deep breath,334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjpyiWE07e7
“Our way seems to be clear.” He then turned to me, with his eyes staring at mine in a334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjCw5o2NRtL
more serious way than I had thought possible. “This is it. Are you ready?”334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm703hqiEmo
“Yes...” I scattered all the pencils and crayons across all pockets available to me and,334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj7HK4EiEpO
while holding that notebook tightly in my right arm, I slowly extended my left one.334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrfFe5eIULV
He gently took hold of my hand, caressed my fingers a few times behind a comforting334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkNBXViSb0X
smile, and then pulled me with him...334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmO8lJcnpO5
... and that is why I wrote all that you now hold.334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUkDhhTxMsR
“I see...” The Tinker admitted a bit dubiously when we were already back his place,334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAaqJXf0PVV
“That is quite the tale.” His fingers constantly caressing the well-worn cover of that334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsBq2NCAiUK
notebook; so easily displaying all the eagerness that his eyes would not share.334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtraQA0LDJ0
“That is what happened.”334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9sbnkgZK8q
“Well, and what then?” He asked as he gestured me to take a seat. We were now in334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTxdfehTQCA
what he called a ´living room´, and I could see all sorts of things scattered around that334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRlV7nWUsVy
makeshift table standing distinguishably in the middle. “Go on, sit down. Wherever334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7nWvzB5zEc
you like.” he insisted after placing my notebook in the centre of that table. Then he334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeEDMwrBXh2
turned around, towards some cupboards and a device leaking out all sorts of fire.334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk8wjWhjFDW
“Can I take this one?” I asked regarding one of the few chairs I found in a usable334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3RasR6lnyb
condition.334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuOVJTcyhq8
“Go right ahead.” He promptly allowed, without even looking to see what I could be334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLOf7wkLO6j
referring to, as he was now clearly too busy preparing something. “Thank you.”334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPlgRDUFcQ3
“And then,” he asked me again, “what happened after?” He turned around holding a334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9gimXQqJ17
tray. On it rested a couple of exceptionally large and funny looking mugs, and between334Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEMGqjYHIxK
them was a smoking metal pot.
