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“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
