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Asking me in all sorts of ways, but repeatedly nonetheless, who I was or what reason383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ4OkxkJc9N
could I have to write such things. And after he untied the now even less threatening383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlR52l4Pbv1
beast of burden, he helped me find my place on top of its generous back.383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBhAkFbEzr6
He then went around it, patting its massive head as he passed quite comfortably in383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9TJYeMYClS
front of it; and then he too took his place to my left.383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGQkVcXjvFd
Now, with the both of us sitting side by side and ready to go, he smiled at me383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW2mnJzFLu5
through the corner of his mouth before shouting for our advance. But the one he383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuevhvK7OJN
called ´Gorliochi´ merely let out a howl of sorts... “Quit your blubbering.” He then383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAM20hNQboU
began to pull those reins on the big beast’s neck repeatedly until finally, the beast383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7OVMRVaXu7
began to move... “There we go. By the way, you pay no heed to these misbehaviours,383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzewg4Fga0Z
alright? Ol’ Gorli here likes to act a bit lazy these days.”383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsO7u4S9Tw8
“I have never seen such a creature.”383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvXvdNUXGgB
“Yeah,” He let out a sad and drawn-out confirmation, “There are not many like him383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡghVkg9TG0E
around anymore. Frankly, I would be surprised if we ever encounter another one of his383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcDtyTumQIT
kind.” He looked at me and then threw half a smile through the right corner of his383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA32cxR8IoD
mouth; “Now, why don’t you start by telling me what made you write such a thing?383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEFGLXUh8MO
And more importantly: what is your real connection to that old fool? You know, he383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl7HmlbwN8R
and I; we have been friends for the longest time girl, and I even spoke to him just383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfX4VhxvNJc
recently.” He threw a quick look my way, obviously trying to fish for any kind of383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH870X1bGxs
reaction; “And he has never mentioned a single word about any plans for an adoption.”383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgAqZoI5M01
“I am not that used to talking...” I warned, “what I mean is: I have not done it with383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEI2Z9je77S
that many people yet so, I might - how you say - run off at the mouth.”383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFtjVGWM8SQ
“Oh? Well then,” he explained through another crooked smile; one that revealed383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5OG7nhPqoZ
how few teeth he still had left, and also how big his gums were, “You can be at ease383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVPBTJhOtSm
since I am not that used to listening myself. “Besides,” he continued, “We still have383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKfIaCLGB9v
ways to go, and nothing to do for the whole way but talk to each other. You just go383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡElbwuRnJXt
on for as much as you like without a worry. I am sure no word will feel unwarranted.”383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPe8hDVS7C8
“Alright,” I replied nervously, but also thankfully. “I guess it would be better if I just383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyAEv7EwGHW
went back to the beginning; to the very first time I opened my eyes...”383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwOULy9RnUg
“...” He threw me a look of disbelief, but after that initial scepticism, not once did383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcPYvnoYQEh
he dare to interrupt me again. Not until I was done with that longest of replies, and383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCToDoPZlX3
by then, we would already be making ourselves comfortable inside his most peculiar383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEHDfV2Jguq
household...383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrP2NjJ7dAz
“...I slowly opened my eyes, like I had done so many times before, but still, they383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdx7JTP0p26
could not trespass that pitch-black. It seemed that yet again I was to be frustrated by383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAifgcMcatb
blindness, and darkness was to remain as my only company. How long had it been383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWY8LOnBslK
since I first regained consciousness? How much time had already been stolen from383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjHROHT7O1d
me? To seemingly punish me even further; I was to endure it all while strapped to a383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡizX9ZRgC9F
bed and surrounded by all sorts of sounds and smells that only increased my curiosity,383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0X7fD4e3Uc
only fuelled my already immeasurable desire to see - what a sentence. Another kind of383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmFeLvmJjgn
darkness then swept over me as the shadows of frustration and anger began curving all383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9t89Qw1U0N
around my mind, slowly turning into large black circles of depression.383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW7bdODHwb6
And then my body began telling what I could not: my fists clenched involuntarily383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLp17OXgms0
as my tiny arms trembled, my entire strapped body began to twitch and turn383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhzsZB9wDsR
whichever way, and shortly after my teeth too were showing eagerness in joining383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwo7LtKopaA
that demonstration. I wanted to shout, to scream, to expel all that I was feeling, but383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlByD9z8eAK
before my mouth could make its first echo, I began noticing that this time it would383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeX5tcaZRDV
be different. The darkness that had always been there in front of me, no matter how383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmOzAb6lbom
much my eyes would widen, began to dissipate and those feelings with it; slowly, they383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC2thUoC7Gw
all faded until other doings began to take over.383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjvzBlym4O7
I began moving my head as much as those restraints would allow, and as soon as383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Abd0t6wx0
most of that blurriness left me, I found myself laying down in a poorly lit room.383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSnIyuhAMC2
All sorts of machinery scattered about, there were also other beds like the one I was383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6yO71A5Bim
laying on, most of them empty but a few with others like me. I knew right away they383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ41iZ4mk5ca
were like me.383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7M5rl01OCJ
