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Asking me in all sorts of ways, but repeatedly nonetheless, who I was or what reason314Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLoJdZH8r7F
could I have to write such things. And after he untied the now even less threatening314Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe0WGDLUPp3
beast of burden, he helped me find my place on top of its generous back.314Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNIVB19Xsa5
He then went around it, patting its massive head as he passed quite comfortably in314Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhyxyiG5MAD
front of it; and then he too took his place to my left.314Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXHYzgoOX0O
Now, with the both of us sitting side by side and ready to go, he smiled at me314Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl37JXvWsOy
through the corner of his mouth before shouting for our advance. But the one he314Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQdLip0D4wY
called ´Gorliochi´ merely let out a howl of sorts... “Quit your blubbering.” He then314Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx6GmeOlbm4
began to pull those reins on the big beast’s neck repeatedly until finally, the beast314Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHsFuVus6Ws
began to move... “There we go. By the way, you pay no heed to these misbehaviours,314Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjORWI550hQ
alright? Ol’ Gorli here likes to act a bit lazy these days.”314Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJVRvgq0KHw
“I have never seen such a creature.”314Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2qmErjNTMH
“Yeah,” He let out a sad and drawn-out confirmation, “There are not many like him314Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgR2rQxGHLq
around anymore. Frankly, I would be surprised if we ever encounter another one of his314Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrIfaFF25pQ
kind.” He looked at me and then threw half a smile through the right corner of his314Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHqFyRv7LcP
mouth; “Now, why don’t you start by telling me what made you write such a thing?314Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrMVLrpM57s
And more importantly: what is your real connection to that old fool? You know, he314Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvJDxNOce8o
and I; we have been friends for the longest time girl, and I even spoke to him just314Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8sfNXhpVwb
recently.” He threw a quick look my way, obviously trying to fish for any kind of314Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJXbA5IDzoq
reaction; “And he has never mentioned a single word about any plans for an adoption.”314Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGREzXMlW3E
“I am not that used to talking...” I warned, “what I mean is: I have not done it with314Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCjLCVndNj0
that many people yet so, I might - how you say - run off at the mouth.”314Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe0JAxJoBAK
“Oh? Well then,” he explained through another crooked smile; one that revealed314Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTzQHJvLDAP
how few teeth he still had left, and also how big his gums were, “You can be at ease314Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0S99GYREW8
since I am not that used to listening myself. “Besides,” he continued, “We still have314Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4GjYpNapNI
ways to go, and nothing to do for the whole way but talk to each other. You just go314Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIoL0rfLPNS
on for as much as you like without a worry. I am sure no word will feel unwarranted.”314Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlfSQvMg2Iw
“Alright,” I replied nervously, but also thankfully. “I guess it would be better if I just314Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDRfozDfOg8
went back to the beginning; to the very first time I opened my eyes...”314Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIIw4BkL1lp
“...” He threw me a look of disbelief, but after that initial scepticism, not once did314Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU6SmCMLGC9
he dare to interrupt me again. Not until I was done with that longest of replies, and314Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIggAkjuvfS
by then, we would already be making ourselves comfortable inside his most peculiar314Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmyeqlOoDDA
household...314Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAYpZtaq9Xb
“...I slowly opened my eyes, like I had done so many times before, but still, they314Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd3QxAcSRW2
could not trespass that pitch-black. It seemed that yet again I was to be frustrated by314Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgp0ptlwixH
blindness, and darkness was to remain as my only company. How long had it been314Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcr1cOqOAFi
since I first regained consciousness? How much time had already been stolen from314Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEsNrRmHwxY
me? To seemingly punish me even further; I was to endure it all while strapped to a314Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMA4S4RWCJl
bed and surrounded by all sorts of sounds and smells that only increased my curiosity,314Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0AixhhlfDi
only fuelled my already immeasurable desire to see - what a sentence. Another kind of314Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvFaVIw8Yqd
darkness then swept over me as the shadows of frustration and anger began curving all314Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmi0k2ZtorI
around my mind, slowly turning into large black circles of depression.314Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhmAMBTZdPG
And then my body began telling what I could not: my fists clenched involuntarily314Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiMF330OZ6t
as my tiny arms trembled, my entire strapped body began to twitch and turn314Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKjJfS7Q3Sd
whichever way, and shortly after my teeth too were showing eagerness in joining314Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGegQGPp54P
that demonstration. I wanted to shout, to scream, to expel all that I was feeling, but314Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPiKFvlJvos
before my mouth could make its first echo, I began noticing that this time it would314Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM1O8dOq7UO
be different. The darkness that had always been there in front of me, no matter how314Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡywkzIIPYJ1
much my eyes would widen, began to dissipate and those feelings with it; slowly, they314Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHawgmPYDq3
all faded until other doings began to take over.314Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjwNqi1vKok
I began moving my head as much as those restraints would allow, and as soon as314Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGgdKV3X5K5
most of that blurriness left me, I found myself laying down in a poorly lit room.314Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTDTW4Kc8AC
All sorts of machinery scattered about, there were also other beds like the one I was314Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoGw5KcvqGV
laying on, most of them empty but a few with others like me. I knew right away they314Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡktYMNVeW0g
were like me.314Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh1vaRIEpWY
