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“Does that include me?” I asked “Am I one of these ´Maybe´? Father?” I noticed358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBRlkiGOFT2
he chose not to answer, but instead to deflect, “Since you can read already, I am sure358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSiuaMYgkFN
your writing skills are close behind, and so I would have you do something for me.358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5BERk3U6fi
Something quite important.”358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGBZ3CWAGrq
“I know writing, I mean what that is.” I remember waving my finger around as358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQdhcDpFX4X
I tried to mimic the words on that sign “But I am not sure I can do it myself. Not yet.”358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDvKw3CxV5p
“It will come to you,” He smiled, his most appreciated attempt at inspiring any358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw04bVPuYsu
confidence in me, “and when it does, I would like for you to write down everything358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFXnCoDwJV8
that is going to transpire tonight.” He then rummaged through that big bag he had358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0gTRMZALiD
been readying for the last moments, before finally slapping his forehead after realising358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoEDdVUz30F
what he was looking for was already in one of his pockets. He took it out, and then358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGW3HbNZ2Iw
proudly handed it to me. That very same notebook that you now hold in your hand,358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4iyHJOYTWG
“Can you do that for me?” He insisted.358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4oIE3g4Kvq
“I am not sure I -”358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHz0Ihim5lb
“It will come to you, all the memories and much more.” He smiled as he handed358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAzWwKF7cVC
me some pencils too, “And when you know how, when you feel confident enough to358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuZuEONXJCL
start, I want you to write down everything concerning tonight. Write as much as you358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNT0Btdlqib
can - use whatever sight is available to you; pen down whatever your eyes or your mind358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBznMqshg1t
decide to show you – keep writing until you find yourself out of here.”358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6JTKTAOd5B
“Can I make it like a story?” I asked shyly, “Of sorts...”358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPS6uyP5F23
“Yes, if it pleases you. You can try and structure it like that if you want but do try358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡceY0DRLXcA
and avoid any glib words.” He took another quick and desperate peek through that358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJlcFK1V0IV
still barely opened crimson metal door “Then you can read it back to me, and to others,358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7dHa6RDe58
once we are far and away from this place - safe and under the sun.”358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR2ju7YmsD6
“Can I make some drawings too?” My heart jumped in expectation. “Well,”358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxSnzOmB1MU
He looked at me again, with the most patient of smiles “yes, certainly. Whatever helps358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuHVCg1Ihf8
you in the telling, why not?” He rummaged again for some crayons which he then358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNo7QEqJE0m
handed to me, and then he hesitantly returned his worrisome look to what was waiting358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSgqWQuJyjZ
on the other side of that door.358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFK8b5k9lmm
“Are we going now?” I asked while holding all the things he gave me as tightly as my358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0SHwpwZXyK
little weak hands possibly could, “Father?”358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ822M0JSrYW
“Where could they be?” I heard him whisper “Well, no matter.” He took a deep breath,358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4O9a5VlhUD
“Our way seems to be clear.” He then turned to me, with his eyes staring at mine in a358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4uh3rymMjC
more serious way than I had thought possible. “This is it. Are you ready?”358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVEPsaX9T7F
“Yes...” I scattered all the pencils and crayons across all pockets available to me and,358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRFCEG9NNji
while holding that notebook tightly in my right arm, I slowly extended my left one.358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc7spKI6vYM
He gently took hold of my hand, caressed my fingers a few times behind a comforting358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWIONVu36qa
smile, and then pulled me with him...358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwKcEXjZfgK
... and that is why I wrote all that you now hold.358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVME8mxHes2
“I see...” The Tinker admitted a bit dubiously when we were already back his place,358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrWyOaoa878
“That is quite the tale.” His fingers constantly caressing the well-worn cover of that358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv2rUuoGiR9
notebook; so easily displaying all the eagerness that his eyes would not share.358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp68w3ORkxW
“That is what happened.”358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEMJJTHSB8Y
“Well, and what then?” He asked as he gestured me to take a seat. We were now in358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡujUoS3VqnK
what he called a ´living room´, and I could see all sorts of things scattered around that358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlc61RHAzYT
makeshift table standing distinguishably in the middle. “Go on, sit down. Wherever358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPOGkqohBWt
you like.” he insisted after placing my notebook in the centre of that table. Then he358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVOi1L9drj0
turned around, towards some cupboards and a device leaking out all sorts of fire.358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk0RbOlfsoS
“Can I take this one?” I asked regarding one of the few chairs I found in a usable358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9o7Uis4MmG
condition.358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwDDM1BfuOg
“Go right ahead.” He promptly allowed, without even looking to see what I could be358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1MT0X5pKFQ
referring to, as he was now clearly too busy preparing something. “Thank you.”358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjMO9gmat1i
“And then,” he asked me again, “what happened after?” He turned around holding a358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmOM8XXB9QY
tray. On it rested a couple of exceptionally large and funny looking mugs, and between358Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzbiukun1jD
them was a smoking metal pot.
