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“Does that include me?” I asked “Am I one of these ´Maybe´? Father?” I noticed394Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmVU5MUr876
he chose not to answer, but instead to deflect, “Since you can read already, I am sure394Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuWhQJtrbo2
your writing skills are close behind, and so I would have you do something for me.394Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAZrbp4u6GA
Something quite important.”394Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu9U8Aol4XF
“I know writing, I mean what that is.” I remember waving my finger around as394Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQsYR6vbyQb
I tried to mimic the words on that sign “But I am not sure I can do it myself. Not yet.”394Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqzBj4GfnPD
“It will come to you,” He smiled, his most appreciated attempt at inspiring any394Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgv0Bayb52f
confidence in me, “and when it does, I would like for you to write down everything394Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNxB8MiP2yK
that is going to transpire tonight.” He then rummaged through that big bag he had394Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Ie5F3JXyl
been readying for the last moments, before finally slapping his forehead after realising394Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTwcMaQxAui
what he was looking for was already in one of his pockets. He took it out, and then394Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVB1xQPNML3
proudly handed it to me. That very same notebook that you now hold in your hand,394Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp6PL4xGU33
“Can you do that for me?” He insisted.394Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡclGg3c7V9b
“I am not sure I -”394Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWgZGNyiRVG
“It will come to you, all the memories and much more.” He smiled as he handed394Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJXGR6Ld66X
me some pencils too, “And when you know how, when you feel confident enough to394Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX2qBqZfWVz
start, I want you to write down everything concerning tonight. Write as much as you394Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡThDI6a20eu
can - use whatever sight is available to you; pen down whatever your eyes or your mind394Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsmufboVLxJ
decide to show you – keep writing until you find yourself out of here.”394Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJEvYdN8omF
“Can I make it like a story?” I asked shyly, “Of sorts...”394Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy7VIKVwOM6
“Yes, if it pleases you. You can try and structure it like that if you want but do try394Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiiHWT9by0x
and avoid any glib words.” He took another quick and desperate peek through that394Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlJNIVJ6JQF
still barely opened crimson metal door “Then you can read it back to me, and to others,394Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3qxzJ1p7w8
once we are far and away from this place - safe and under the sun.”394Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7x1VEW43aI
“Can I make some drawings too?” My heart jumped in expectation. “Well,”394Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyi8s3TYMx9
He looked at me again, with the most patient of smiles “yes, certainly. Whatever helps394Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFFXdbTHvv3
you in the telling, why not?” He rummaged again for some crayons which he then394Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFduZVwC53Y
handed to me, and then he hesitantly returned his worrisome look to what was waiting394Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqE8dTQaaj9
on the other side of that door.394Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf8VBXvR9NZ
“Are we going now?” I asked while holding all the things he gave me as tightly as my394Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIY7Xu1S0Pe
little weak hands possibly could, “Father?”394Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi4Pv5T7YfF
“Where could they be?” I heard him whisper “Well, no matter.” He took a deep breath,394Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkfohmd5wYD
“Our way seems to be clear.” He then turned to me, with his eyes staring at mine in a394Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTkglrevwuX
more serious way than I had thought possible. “This is it. Are you ready?”394Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH87bFVYFhO
“Yes...” I scattered all the pencils and crayons across all pockets available to me and,394Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4BLT5i1upV
while holding that notebook tightly in my right arm, I slowly extended my left one.394Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDuwkzW5fQX
He gently took hold of my hand, caressed my fingers a few times behind a comforting394Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYEXQV1YYCK
smile, and then pulled me with him...394Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqjhYEYIT9I
... and that is why I wrote all that you now hold.394Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1gCZGdT4xn
“I see...” The Tinker admitted a bit dubiously when we were already back his place,394Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSgUj5OgXfv
“That is quite the tale.” His fingers constantly caressing the well-worn cover of that394Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtrflcef2yo
notebook; so easily displaying all the eagerness that his eyes would not share.394Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBt3y8Y0NVM
“That is what happened.”394Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF1qMI8iuQU
“Well, and what then?” He asked as he gestured me to take a seat. We were now in394Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtytqQwngJv
what he called a ´living room´, and I could see all sorts of things scattered around that394Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0WkTwcUSSq
makeshift table standing distinguishably in the middle. “Go on, sit down. Wherever394Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8JmAwbVFa5
you like.” he insisted after placing my notebook in the centre of that table. Then he394Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2SMaTSz3Vp
turned around, towards some cupboards and a device leaking out all sorts of fire.394Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh2LhHgPG79
“Can I take this one?” I asked regarding one of the few chairs I found in a usable394Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡesh3kjv6xP
condition.394Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCJOww6heG6
“Go right ahead.” He promptly allowed, without even looking to see what I could be394Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcZhiVIAIvU
referring to, as he was now clearly too busy preparing something. “Thank you.”394Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFhGRAS74AD
“And then,” he asked me again, “what happened after?” He turned around holding a394Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8tva6WAi6W
tray. On it rested a couple of exceptionally large and funny looking mugs, and between394Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYBPekkD6r7
them was a smoking metal pot.
