
“You do,” I assured him quite calmly. “That is why I am here.”410Please respect copyright.PENANAejhehntVTl
“How are you acquainted with any of them?” He asked quite seriously, and only410Please respect copyright.PENANA0YVlpKoa43
then did his eyes seem to notice my hair, which was blue all over except for its still410Please respect copyright.PENANABz6SV0eJ51
black tips. “You’re quite the odd one.” He admitted, while he was far from what anyone410Please respect copyright.PENANAHfGDO7jXU7
would deem as ´normal´. “And I do not need my bigger glasses to see that.”410Please respect copyright.PENANACMOG8wTD8l
“Here. This is for you,” I tried to hand him my big notebook, the one that had been410Please respect copyright.PENANAUrdJxvP4ga
resting safely beside me. Almost falling out of it was a whole compendium of drawings410Please respect copyright.PENANAiBXzZEHMp9
and other poorly attached notes. “Father wanted you to have it.” I nudged it towards410Please respect copyright.PENANAFMQGL2ZRPo
him. “He also wanted me to go with you.”410Please respect copyright.PENANABHhiacTaTt
“Father, you say?” He cautiously asked as he refused the offer, “I am afraid I will have410Please respect copyright.PENANAOceHQfiNNK
to doubt that. You see little one, I am not one with many friends, let alone associates.”410Please respect copyright.PENANASqOiTvDER9
He then took a few steps back “No, you must be mistaken. But fret not, you may410Please respect copyright.PENANA11AiewHkYx
accompany me back to my place, if you so wish of course. After all, it is not proper to410Please respect copyright.PENANAEDK9jmxjbi
leave one so small and meek behind, especially in a place like this. Old Gorliochi over410Please respect copyright.PENANA4pxa0cLirz
there,” His eyes went straight towards that beast; this one was completely relaxed even410Please respect copyright.PENANApA3z38HUCs
if its jaws kept finding one thing or another to chew on, “he can easily carry the both410Please respect copyright.PENANAuX3qQiT4aU
of us for as long as necessary. He has been with me for many seasons now, lending a410Please respect copyright.PENANAbghMYd2waL
hand in the carrying of all sorts of things.”410Please respect copyright.PENANANZsXlX0l8G
He smiled, but it was a ruse that could not hope to work on the likes of one such as410Please respect copyright.PENANAHdq2ntAo5b
me. “Like all sorts of flowers and fungi that I so often like to come and find in these410Please respect copyright.PENANAYwxJ3JkSG3
parts... Or even -”410Please respect copyright.PENANAzpVe7h2gu9
“You are no mere flower picker or mushroom gatherer.” I said as I kept forcing that410Please respect copyright.PENANAdc92XibqRo
notebook onto him. “Go on, take it. You are the Thinker-Tinker, and you are meant410Please respect copyright.PENANAdmzgRaLW3z
to read it.”410Please respect copyright.PENANAH8lWqD2yCz
A short silence stood between the two of us ...410Please respect copyright.PENANAcmAlz3FCYK
“Your father, who is he then?” He eventually asked, even if his interests appeared410Please respect copyright.PENANAs17OJc6IMD
to be dwindling the more he was going through those notes and drawings, “I know410Please respect copyright.PENANAyqWifCiwVX
many of the names inscribed here.” He kept confessing, as he tipped his glasses just410Please respect copyright.PENANAOZWJnW1h4M
in time to prevent them from falling off his curved nose; and then he looked at me410Please respect copyright.PENANAXj9tTqztFF
with refulgent eyes: “Some of these people, they are in these drawings of yours as well!410Please respect copyright.PENANA9tzAvLdXXG
And this man here; a Kharn. He is my friend. A dear one.”410Please respect copyright.PENANAnwEcW2TGXj
“That is Father,” I said to his amazement ...410Please respect copyright.PENANAeDOTnKbT7O
A long pause took over his person.410Please respect copyright.PENANAcRSZMs6Yjs
Many of his past fears but also promises came to haunt him, and without a410Please respect copyright.PENANAZKmRiYJQdU
moment’s notice, his head became occupied with all sorts of questions and possibilities.410Please respect copyright.PENANAfJbHcIflj7
There were so many ´If ’s´ and ´Buts´ and ´What’s´ swirling in his mind - and in410Please respect copyright.PENANAL0MmcUv3dK
the end all I heard him think to himself was: “This is likely to bring me quite the410Please respect copyright.PENANAjTORTWeIVu
unwanted trouble, but if there is any chance of truth to it, at all; of a real connection410Please respect copyright.PENANA7NgNQqRuaF
between this little one and that ol’ fool... What choice do I have?”410Please respect copyright.PENANAKeRYwu02se
“Who are you girl?” his eyes swelled up as he confronted me again, “and how did410Please respect copyright.PENANAiw1jsHNkfE
you get your hands on all this?”410Please respect copyright.PENANAgwecjc7Opy
“As I said, all of it was wrought by my hand.”410Please respect copyright.PENANAiIq2HyabRd
“You wrote...” His eyes travelled between note and drawing alike “all this?410Please respect copyright.PENANAUeILwaOGgu
What made you do such a thing?” He asked with his eyes now trembling with410Please respect copyright.PENANAq3g1SBsuQo
restlessness.410Please respect copyright.PENANAEbUv0h1BY0
“And then you will read it?”410Please respect copyright.PENANAhD3li1UPTY
“Oh, I most definitely will. The spark of curiosity has already been lit inside me.”410Please respect copyright.PENANAthMk4Ln3pw
He then reassured me further, “My interest has already peaked way past the point of410Please respect copyright.PENANAk0H1DA7vHW
arousal, don’t you worry.” And after he weighed all of it with both hands; “But I will410Please respect copyright.PENANAb6weBtaTcK
have to do so back at my place. You understand that this is quite a lot to go through?”410Please respect copyright.PENANAB341fgqldr
“Quite,” I replied after I added a few extra notes I had on my person.410Please respect copyright.PENANAeu2E4gjABe
“Besides, I don’t have my reading glasses on me.” He added somewhat flippantly410Please respect copyright.PENANATPtgYzpTaR
“I mean why would I bring them; you know? It’s not like I get to meet little girls410Please respect copyright.PENANAPW96cuSZAn
carrying tomes for me regularly.”410Please respect copyright.PENANArLf16htx7S
I nodded in concordance, and then he suggested we should make haste. Insisting, as410Please respect copyright.PENANAxHm8ms46oo
we made our way to that beast, that I should tell him, or rather prepare him, for what410Please respect copyright.PENANA7NJlPg4HkR
could be in store inside that notebook.410Please respect copyright.PENANAzziFirbpJb