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“Does that include me?” I asked “Am I one of these ´Maybe´? Father?” I noticed384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWcI6ROBegG
he chose not to answer, but instead to deflect, “Since you can read already, I am sure384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZbLQO4p1yo
your writing skills are close behind, and so I would have you do something for me.384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs7jgXfynV2
Something quite important.”384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOqKU9TTmfZ
“I know writing, I mean what that is.” I remember waving my finger around as384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFigb0lNDqP
I tried to mimic the words on that sign “But I am not sure I can do it myself. Not yet.”384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6634YCEPwB
“It will come to you,” He smiled, his most appreciated attempt at inspiring any384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLHRyELMSg0
confidence in me, “and when it does, I would like for you to write down everything384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDGVEfkM221
that is going to transpire tonight.” He then rummaged through that big bag he had384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGQRu5YXOs8
been readying for the last moments, before finally slapping his forehead after realising384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHu4qtu08Uc
what he was looking for was already in one of his pockets. He took it out, and then384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsJNL1swtGR
proudly handed it to me. That very same notebook that you now hold in your hand,384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlMu161aJWX
“Can you do that for me?” He insisted.384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfBJGJ9NFPa
“I am not sure I -”384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmoKBL4KIkq
“It will come to you, all the memories and much more.” He smiled as he handed384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ2BBRUfws3
me some pencils too, “And when you know how, when you feel confident enough to384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwkqrPJAKqI
start, I want you to write down everything concerning tonight. Write as much as you384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6oyQWYpJOS
can - use whatever sight is available to you; pen down whatever your eyes or your mind384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh15BpXf3cV
decide to show you – keep writing until you find yourself out of here.”384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2GXAAvv9Dx
“Can I make it like a story?” I asked shyly, “Of sorts...”384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYqCssiIV0Y
“Yes, if it pleases you. You can try and structure it like that if you want but do try384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHg2Ag7KE1V
and avoid any glib words.” He took another quick and desperate peek through that384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqikYpRoAy3
still barely opened crimson metal door “Then you can read it back to me, and to others,384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVhKXPTVur5
once we are far and away from this place - safe and under the sun.”384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8mSzDfw43n
“Can I make some drawings too?” My heart jumped in expectation. “Well,”384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEsRrmdbHh5
He looked at me again, with the most patient of smiles “yes, certainly. Whatever helps384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCJXwOKW8uw
you in the telling, why not?” He rummaged again for some crayons which he then384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtHD8AJ6A74
handed to me, and then he hesitantly returned his worrisome look to what was waiting384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdNcKc9sKOP
on the other side of that door.384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6o6rjb5zQI
“Are we going now?” I asked while holding all the things he gave me as tightly as my384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx71R1GLxab
little weak hands possibly could, “Father?”384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPAR9euy2T1
“Where could they be?” I heard him whisper “Well, no matter.” He took a deep breath,384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRjVCKLg4D4
“Our way seems to be clear.” He then turned to me, with his eyes staring at mine in a384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtelo4FaiYF
more serious way than I had thought possible. “This is it. Are you ready?”384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1MhC2u9qaX
“Yes...” I scattered all the pencils and crayons across all pockets available to me and,384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9FhbzSAOd2
while holding that notebook tightly in my right arm, I slowly extended my left one.384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8BrMnqzfR8
He gently took hold of my hand, caressed my fingers a few times behind a comforting384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡclDnR4OVgS
smile, and then pulled me with him...384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpKkFwq8uP4
... and that is why I wrote all that you now hold.384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwM4QOLaSgl
“I see...” The Tinker admitted a bit dubiously when we were already back his place,384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu58jHBPt5A
“That is quite the tale.” His fingers constantly caressing the well-worn cover of that384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAzJZ2CRW04
notebook; so easily displaying all the eagerness that his eyes would not share.384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiDprBUGZBk
“That is what happened.”384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWYVFIbewLU
“Well, and what then?” He asked as he gestured me to take a seat. We were now in384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhRPyQtHK3b
what he called a ´living room´, and I could see all sorts of things scattered around that384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGUxqYjJaTR
makeshift table standing distinguishably in the middle. “Go on, sit down. Wherever384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrmAkMBdSIK
you like.” he insisted after placing my notebook in the centre of that table. Then he384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDxEURY3CfH
turned around, towards some cupboards and a device leaking out all sorts of fire.384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ76I5w0hdu
“Can I take this one?” I asked regarding one of the few chairs I found in a usable384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBoQvnXIEpM
condition.384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYJvJTwAFfH
“Go right ahead.” He promptly allowed, without even looking to see what I could be384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbGD2rnTyWl
referring to, as he was now clearly too busy preparing something. “Thank you.”384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYGA9Zr1AtO
“And then,” he asked me again, “what happened after?” He turned around holding a384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNptx76xsPa
tray. On it rested a couple of exceptionally large and funny looking mugs, and between384Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7CwVGAUBd1
them was a smoking metal pot.
