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Asking me in all sorts of ways, but repeatedly nonetheless, who I was or what reason424Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAQfVDf45Qf
could I have to write such things. And after he untied the now even less threatening424Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU1MEz8oaPU
beast of burden, he helped me find my place on top of its generous back.424Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡle6qQSOLZE
He then went around it, patting its massive head as he passed quite comfortably in424Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1fzgwV6dXa
front of it; and then he too took his place to my left.424Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnJornFRXAh
Now, with the both of us sitting side by side and ready to go, he smiled at me424Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkYQOYOMZGY
through the corner of his mouth before shouting for our advance. But the one he424Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVQ6nQS5GxM
called ´Gorliochi´ merely let out a howl of sorts... “Quit your blubbering.” He then424Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ238DEWNcJE
began to pull those reins on the big beast’s neck repeatedly until finally, the beast424Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ryhwz3aGk
began to move... “There we go. By the way, you pay no heed to these misbehaviours,424Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt5XLgbjLfD
alright? Ol’ Gorli here likes to act a bit lazy these days.”424Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2usxhhPKiX
“I have never seen such a creature.”424Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡga2yPEhf1u
“Yeah,” He let out a sad and drawn-out confirmation, “There are not many like him424Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡceyRP4WBDf
around anymore. Frankly, I would be surprised if we ever encounter another one of his424Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ484eK5KQVq
kind.” He looked at me and then threw half a smile through the right corner of his424Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQN7xipz1tK
mouth; “Now, why don’t you start by telling me what made you write such a thing?424Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5FznuigM9r
And more importantly: what is your real connection to that old fool? You know, he424Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzp89oLNrgP
and I; we have been friends for the longest time girl, and I even spoke to him just424Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzzRglBXYfB
recently.” He threw a quick look my way, obviously trying to fish for any kind of424Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRT5BWeB8g3
reaction; “And he has never mentioned a single word about any plans for an adoption.”424Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnTzmCCG7iR
“I am not that used to talking...” I warned, “what I mean is: I have not done it with424Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡscHaj3xpR7
that many people yet so, I might - how you say - run off at the mouth.”424Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmsSlu49GHs
“Oh? Well then,” he explained through another crooked smile; one that revealed424Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLzFsYQEY1J
how few teeth he still had left, and also how big his gums were, “You can be at ease424Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2VQnVeqmZ1
since I am not that used to listening myself. “Besides,” he continued, “We still have424Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcFLNsdyRap
ways to go, and nothing to do for the whole way but talk to each other. You just go424Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYk2w0guN4x
on for as much as you like without a worry. I am sure no word will feel unwarranted.”424Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzOPiQ13vpr
“Alright,” I replied nervously, but also thankfully. “I guess it would be better if I just424Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0gLCD06hlH
went back to the beginning; to the very first time I opened my eyes...”424Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvi1FZ9oRWw
“...” He threw me a look of disbelief, but after that initial scepticism, not once did424Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi4XocpsKu6
he dare to interrupt me again. Not until I was done with that longest of replies, and424Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBzr62hBwMm
by then, we would already be making ourselves comfortable inside his most peculiar424Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGgugmG6ENu
household...424Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡExkkhReGqy
“...I slowly opened my eyes, like I had done so many times before, but still, they424Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2gnfcLcrn4
could not trespass that pitch-black. It seemed that yet again I was to be frustrated by424Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ85V1Egyg8
blindness, and darkness was to remain as my only company. How long had it been424Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlkO8qSwDeL
since I first regained consciousness? How much time had already been stolen from424Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU4cBpLl2pX
me? To seemingly punish me even further; I was to endure it all while strapped to a424Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1NSPauTN0r
bed and surrounded by all sorts of sounds and smells that only increased my curiosity,424Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Xvu9gTfUq
only fuelled my already immeasurable desire to see - what a sentence. Another kind of424Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkrgyUcxayQ
darkness then swept over me as the shadows of frustration and anger began curving all424Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ45SPOJleja
around my mind, slowly turning into large black circles of depression.424Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUIQZXq98an
And then my body began telling what I could not: my fists clenched involuntarily424Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEcUhjPWmeP
as my tiny arms trembled, my entire strapped body began to twitch and turn424Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnF0AWxDue7
whichever way, and shortly after my teeth too were showing eagerness in joining424Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0PENc6GXpW
that demonstration. I wanted to shout, to scream, to expel all that I was feeling, but424Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG0igDt9TfL
before my mouth could make its first echo, I began noticing that this time it would424Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBpqPyuUHOI
be different. The darkness that had always been there in front of me, no matter how424Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWIgkWWKZWV
much my eyes would widen, began to dissipate and those feelings with it; slowly, they424Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVQj9VKEtDQ
all faded until other doings began to take over.424Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvkgMynSleX
I began moving my head as much as those restraints would allow, and as soon as424Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSLpnaJobye
most of that blurriness left me, I found myself laying down in a poorly lit room.424Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJAEzTn3TSJ
All sorts of machinery scattered about, there were also other beds like the one I was424Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCUCkDCSUxH
laying on, most of them empty but a few with others like me. I knew right away they424Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ubQtTkCu3
were like me.424Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzSJ0qtsBwO
