
“You do,” I assured him quite calmly. “That is why I am here.”312Please respect copyright.PENANAcp56tlsWkn
“How are you acquainted with any of them?” He asked quite seriously, and only312Please respect copyright.PENANAsB7XRHRXGU
then did his eyes seem to notice my hair, which was blue all over except for its still312Please respect copyright.PENANAgIJfmNDDTj
black tips. “You’re quite the odd one.” He admitted, while he was far from what anyone312Please respect copyright.PENANAOWdMd7yYyP
would deem as ´normal´. “And I do not need my bigger glasses to see that.”312Please respect copyright.PENANAhtqNvJdjRL
“Here. This is for you,” I tried to hand him my big notebook, the one that had been312Please respect copyright.PENANAggDN8t2sGw
resting safely beside me. Almost falling out of it was a whole compendium of drawings312Please respect copyright.PENANAQLguMtP8L2
and other poorly attached notes. “Father wanted you to have it.” I nudged it towards312Please respect copyright.PENANAQbKixFU0Ky
him. “He also wanted me to go with you.”312Please respect copyright.PENANA0gfN7h1JT5
“Father, you say?” He cautiously asked as he refused the offer, “I am afraid I will have312Please respect copyright.PENANAEP5kHyUabf
to doubt that. You see little one, I am not one with many friends, let alone associates.”312Please respect copyright.PENANATuiIXwp4T7
He then took a few steps back “No, you must be mistaken. But fret not, you may312Please respect copyright.PENANAc83XqWrnWc
accompany me back to my place, if you so wish of course. After all, it is not proper to312Please respect copyright.PENANAtaBe6sf7Ww
leave one so small and meek behind, especially in a place like this. Old Gorliochi over312Please respect copyright.PENANAsy8QAkCmAz
there,” His eyes went straight towards that beast; this one was completely relaxed even312Please respect copyright.PENANAkL5qmQknDo
if its jaws kept finding one thing or another to chew on, “he can easily carry the both312Please respect copyright.PENANA84ukLfTJx7
of us for as long as necessary. He has been with me for many seasons now, lending a312Please respect copyright.PENANAQUUxCVLKAZ
hand in the carrying of all sorts of things.”312Please respect copyright.PENANAcS7cZ903E4
He smiled, but it was a ruse that could not hope to work on the likes of one such as312Please respect copyright.PENANA52jDEUDvtB
me. “Like all sorts of flowers and fungi that I so often like to come and find in these312Please respect copyright.PENANAeh81bzp96f
parts... Or even -”312Please respect copyright.PENANASDyqa2CQkw
“You are no mere flower picker or mushroom gatherer.” I said as I kept forcing that312Please respect copyright.PENANANdXx1TvPPX
notebook onto him. “Go on, take it. You are the Thinker-Tinker, and you are meant312Please respect copyright.PENANAJRvdAFxHAZ
to read it.”312Please respect copyright.PENANAynafLJeOTq
A short silence stood between the two of us ...312Please respect copyright.PENANAcoPET8Zrc8
“Your father, who is he then?” He eventually asked, even if his interests appeared312Please respect copyright.PENANADIJMGwdVjN
to be dwindling the more he was going through those notes and drawings, “I know312Please respect copyright.PENANAvvKSKO3kCF
many of the names inscribed here.” He kept confessing, as he tipped his glasses just312Please respect copyright.PENANAXa5KnuBsmi
in time to prevent them from falling off his curved nose; and then he looked at me312Please respect copyright.PENANA6Ef2VsgEJA
with refulgent eyes: “Some of these people, they are in these drawings of yours as well!312Please respect copyright.PENANAZcpQN1OAT6
And this man here; a Kharn. He is my friend. A dear one.”312Please respect copyright.PENANASDgqAdttAI
“That is Father,” I said to his amazement ...312Please respect copyright.PENANAwqcHBSHeca
A long pause took over his person.312Please respect copyright.PENANAAELpd0ETPW
Many of his past fears but also promises came to haunt him, and without a312Please respect copyright.PENANAxTJaK4WCQa
moment’s notice, his head became occupied with all sorts of questions and possibilities.312Please respect copyright.PENANAwzq36nLw5u
There were so many ´If ’s´ and ´Buts´ and ´What’s´ swirling in his mind - and in312Please respect copyright.PENANAh3iHL07OTj
the end all I heard him think to himself was: “This is likely to bring me quite the312Please respect copyright.PENANADF5oOr41Oz
unwanted trouble, but if there is any chance of truth to it, at all; of a real connection312Please respect copyright.PENANANtvZKyIEEl
between this little one and that ol’ fool... What choice do I have?”312Please respect copyright.PENANA9rcR44mzRh
“Who are you girl?” his eyes swelled up as he confronted me again, “and how did312Please respect copyright.PENANAwU3FwsAPUP
you get your hands on all this?”312Please respect copyright.PENANA8DQ82yvT42
“As I said, all of it was wrought by my hand.”312Please respect copyright.PENANAb3wGGvq8bC
“You wrote...” His eyes travelled between note and drawing alike “all this?312Please respect copyright.PENANAXLYUyLAa0k
What made you do such a thing?” He asked with his eyes now trembling with312Please respect copyright.PENANA0ndv1Jh5TM
restlessness.312Please respect copyright.PENANAyAgT12usTy
“And then you will read it?”312Please respect copyright.PENANA39MIXGHLbs
“Oh, I most definitely will. The spark of curiosity has already been lit inside me.”312Please respect copyright.PENANAYo63BWbG9f
He then reassured me further, “My interest has already peaked way past the point of312Please respect copyright.PENANAGtP7J5dx86
arousal, don’t you worry.” And after he weighed all of it with both hands; “But I will312Please respect copyright.PENANAI1nwEaq9aM
have to do so back at my place. You understand that this is quite a lot to go through?”312Please respect copyright.PENANAA1WsmYCXBI
“Quite,” I replied after I added a few extra notes I had on my person.312Please respect copyright.PENANAYlhpsWNu2B
“Besides, I don’t have my reading glasses on me.” He added somewhat flippantly312Please respect copyright.PENANA2CSsXvy0H2
“I mean why would I bring them; you know? It’s not like I get to meet little girls312Please respect copyright.PENANAITr2vnf9TJ
carrying tomes for me regularly.”312Please respect copyright.PENANAK2p5tPD46a
I nodded in concordance, and then he suggested we should make haste. Insisting, as312Please respect copyright.PENANA1XLNp5Sen8
we made our way to that beast, that I should tell him, or rather prepare him, for what312Please respect copyright.PENANAIgKtGtRjdl
could be in store inside that notebook.312Please respect copyright.PENANA1Ywrfq8aj8