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Asking me in all sorts of ways, but repeatedly nonetheless, who I was or what reason403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwk6H9uz0MB
could I have to write such things. And after he untied the now even less threatening403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz5GoAaZcXR
beast of burden, he helped me find my place on top of its generous back.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFZqXpHOqSY
He then went around it, patting its massive head as he passed quite comfortably in403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Bv6HJK6Uj
front of it; and then he too took his place to my left.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSH9XMHmARf
Now, with the both of us sitting side by side and ready to go, he smiled at me403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm94YWRbM0u
through the corner of his mouth before shouting for our advance. But the one he403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcXR3vZalJz
called ´Gorliochi´ merely let out a howl of sorts... “Quit your blubbering.” He then403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0QWJI75ZkI
began to pull those reins on the big beast’s neck repeatedly until finally, the beast403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6dY8GYTC2F
began to move... “There we go. By the way, you pay no heed to these misbehaviours,403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3dJ87OWxbA
alright? Ol’ Gorli here likes to act a bit lazy these days.”403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhQlxqILuaI
“I have never seen such a creature.”403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD84FjC99Mk
“Yeah,” He let out a sad and drawn-out confirmation, “There are not many like him403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKBpZsTjnru
around anymore. Frankly, I would be surprised if we ever encounter another one of his403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFezCrEA5iw
kind.” He looked at me and then threw half a smile through the right corner of his403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIktqQYnlrp
mouth; “Now, why don’t you start by telling me what made you write such a thing?403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTJTJXVg0ZE
And more importantly: what is your real connection to that old fool? You know, he403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDaOCJr7bQB
and I; we have been friends for the longest time girl, and I even spoke to him just403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEjP7bGCBWR
recently.” He threw a quick look my way, obviously trying to fish for any kind of403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgkx5bHJone
reaction; “And he has never mentioned a single word about any plans for an adoption.”403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ84GaTa5bwa
“I am not that used to talking...” I warned, “what I mean is: I have not done it with403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWf6vHjFpes
that many people yet so, I might - how you say - run off at the mouth.”403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy1R8TLQ8Ij
“Oh? Well then,” he explained through another crooked smile; one that revealed403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOxZqwtS4VX
how few teeth he still had left, and also how big his gums were, “You can be at ease403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD5jN9AmVKo
since I am not that used to listening myself. “Besides,” he continued, “We still have403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7o0uhmSDKx
ways to go, and nothing to do for the whole way but talk to each other. You just go403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡobEKXBXU4e
on for as much as you like without a worry. I am sure no word will feel unwarranted.”403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFOSKokUbaw
“Alright,” I replied nervously, but also thankfully. “I guess it would be better if I just403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb8iGDnFV6o
went back to the beginning; to the very first time I opened my eyes...”403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiv23Dx9OJ8
“...” He threw me a look of disbelief, but after that initial scepticism, not once did403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvTkZUlj7RA
he dare to interrupt me again. Not until I was done with that longest of replies, and403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUYTgY9ASs4
by then, we would already be making ourselves comfortable inside his most peculiar403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCYOO87J7Wr
household...403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAFV5zybQEZ
“...I slowly opened my eyes, like I had done so many times before, but still, they403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8jcmYEAnFX
could not trespass that pitch-black. It seemed that yet again I was to be frustrated by403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡenLsyPVHo5
blindness, and darkness was to remain as my only company. How long had it been403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeJXpcNQVzO
since I first regained consciousness? How much time had already been stolen from403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzpotjlbRGc
me? To seemingly punish me even further; I was to endure it all while strapped to a403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoE1YOxcim1
bed and surrounded by all sorts of sounds and smells that only increased my curiosity,403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXzutgwrQP1
only fuelled my already immeasurable desire to see - what a sentence. Another kind of403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfv8C89H4Br
darkness then swept over me as the shadows of frustration and anger began curving all403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9v627EhaBC
around my mind, slowly turning into large black circles of depression.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFAIJxSu9Wk
And then my body began telling what I could not: my fists clenched involuntarily403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTEguEjfvZb
as my tiny arms trembled, my entire strapped body began to twitch and turn403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt6IrXWyVn7
whichever way, and shortly after my teeth too were showing eagerness in joining403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3gnPN49Bra
that demonstration. I wanted to shout, to scream, to expel all that I was feeling, but403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡusUEVnT5ny
before my mouth could make its first echo, I began noticing that this time it would403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyMX5ruu7EH
be different. The darkness that had always been there in front of me, no matter how403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsRdl8LsDqE
much my eyes would widen, began to dissipate and those feelings with it; slowly, they403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzOiOuh7kXb
all faded until other doings began to take over.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ55kQH0yZm5
I began moving my head as much as those restraints would allow, and as soon as403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUHTsDjX54r
most of that blurriness left me, I found myself laying down in a poorly lit room.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ67WVuvTYcx
All sorts of machinery scattered about, there were also other beds like the one I was403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF1764gkMop
laying on, most of them empty but a few with others like me. I knew right away they403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1yQddk42TX
were like me.403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPpPxcvgd6C
