“You do,” I assured him quite calmly. “That is why I am here.”466Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDjaYL1StIG
“How are you acquainted with any of them?” He asked quite seriously, and only466Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡitoCeWaw2g
then did his eyes seem to notice my hair, which was blue all over except for its still466Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡonBV7oIDDI
black tips. “You’re quite the odd one.” He admitted, while he was far from what anyone466Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL1uoYjRPsG
would deem as ´normal´. “And I do not need my bigger glasses to see that.”466Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4TCmgduRY9
“Here. This is for you,” I tried to hand him my big notebook, the one that had been466Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKx6YyIQIX3
resting safely beside me. Almost falling out of it was a whole compendium of drawings466Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzKjoLz15Lr
and other poorly attached notes. “Father wanted you to have it.” I nudged it towards466Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLJgdBub8F0
him. “He also wanted me to go with you.”466Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfD1FyyFgik
“Father, you say?” He cautiously asked as he refused the offer, “I am afraid I will have466Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7wLPG7GvRM
to doubt that. You see little one, I am not one with many friends, let alone associates.”466Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUKPAJ3V0O3
He then took a few steps back “No, you must be mistaken. But fret not, you may466Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcwPIIa1dPT
accompany me back to my place, if you so wish of course. After all, it is not proper to466Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNbmxBPIq9h
leave one so small and meek behind, especially in a place like this. Old Gorliochi over466Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLY4AaC6LcX
there,” His eyes went straight towards that beast; this one was completely relaxed even466Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT1klrRhj1Z
if its jaws kept finding one thing or another to chew on, “he can easily carry the both466Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaDR0i7Z9py
of us for as long as necessary. He has been with me for many seasons now, lending a466Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXrjvPFvCrC
hand in the carrying of all sorts of things.”466Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsNEfiYV4Rh
He smiled, but it was a ruse that could not hope to work on the likes of one such as466Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMHzWfb6TmZ
me. “Like all sorts of flowers and fungi that I so often like to come and find in these466Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQfagGnE2c3
parts... Or even -”466Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXjnOBbGt7I
“You are no mere flower picker or mushroom gatherer.” I said as I kept forcing that466Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAhExtFOsAa
notebook onto him. “Go on, take it. You are the Thinker-Tinker, and you are meant466Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoCssBUj13x
to read it.”466Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Ek1od0t3b
A short silence stood between the two of us ...466Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm9qVkPXpIr
“Your father, who is he then?” He eventually asked, even if his interests appeared466Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsKSYBWGXTB
to be dwindling the more he was going through those notes and drawings, “I know466Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbcOaGlBH4F
many of the names inscribed here.” He kept confessing, as he tipped his glasses just466Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVVjwRpyPm0
in time to prevent them from falling off his curved nose; and then he looked at me466Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyKCWOQ3qSM
with refulgent eyes: “Some of these people, they are in these drawings of yours as well!466Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYhHJOs7RTT
And this man here; a Kharn. He is my friend. A dear one.”466Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoPfGZRogFQ
“That is Father,” I said to his amazement ...466Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJoRvXlhXJr
A long pause took over his person.466Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzimrHe99lS
Many of his past fears but also promises came to haunt him, and without a466Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPlgT5ZxMcY
moment’s notice, his head became occupied with all sorts of questions and possibilities.466Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuaYzHsTASS
There were so many ´If ’s´ and ´Buts´ and ´What’s´ swirling in his mind - and in466Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmsrwV3Fvj1
the end all I heard him think to himself was: “This is likely to bring me quite the466Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwUruPS52vl
unwanted trouble, but if there is any chance of truth to it, at all; of a real connection466Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHswsqVj0WE
between this little one and that ol’ fool... What choice do I have?”466Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh79MR0Rahv
“Who are you girl?” his eyes swelled up as he confronted me again, “and how did466Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlzKmlkCLtT
you get your hands on all this?”466Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN59O037IuD
“As I said, all of it was wrought by my hand.”466Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoedmS264q0
“You wrote...” His eyes travelled between note and drawing alike “all this?466Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt9GFYRJRDL
What made you do such a thing?” He asked with his eyes now trembling with466Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMwUnDB2gTG
restlessness.466Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsqQcDVImTh
“And then you will read it?”466Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyPMKnti2fq
“Oh, I most definitely will. The spark of curiosity has already been lit inside me.”466Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnp62lcfPOB
He then reassured me further, “My interest has already peaked way past the point of466Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnGrFbgsHtL
arousal, don’t you worry.” And after he weighed all of it with both hands; “But I will466Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7J2UJ0tGTm
have to do so back at my place. You understand that this is quite a lot to go through?”466Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0JDDv0VVav
“Quite,” I replied after I added a few extra notes I had on my person.466Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK0lyzDmpsw
“Besides, I don’t have my reading glasses on me.” He added somewhat flippantly466Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH35SsW7trB
“I mean why would I bring them; you know? It’s not like I get to meet little girls466Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUn0493JRWW
carrying tomes for me regularly.”466Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡywKYvZQHLC
I nodded in concordance, and then he suggested we should make haste. Insisting, as466Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ8sPWSyB86
we made our way to that beast, that I should tell him, or rather prepare him, for what466Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4XESRyPfBq
could be in store inside that notebook.466Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkrOtcepDJI
