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Asking me in all sorts of ways, but repeatedly nonetheless, who I was or what reason380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEbFU9YHPD7
could I have to write such things. And after he untied the now even less threatening380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm61kIPcZCp
beast of burden, he helped me find my place on top of its generous back.380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvDvg6bbmqx
He then went around it, patting its massive head as he passed quite comfortably in380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPZYwyIjuGq
front of it; and then he too took his place to my left.380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡziF20eAfEW
Now, with the both of us sitting side by side and ready to go, he smiled at me380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvCtWtggOhh
through the corner of his mouth before shouting for our advance. But the one he380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCfi06Dk96T
called ´Gorliochi´ merely let out a howl of sorts... “Quit your blubbering.” He then380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEUHsZwdtwN
began to pull those reins on the big beast’s neck repeatedly until finally, the beast380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfzyBWXZhiI
began to move... “There we go. By the way, you pay no heed to these misbehaviours,380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkrOscWU3Pm
alright? Ol’ Gorli here likes to act a bit lazy these days.”380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNC82KcdJwp
“I have never seen such a creature.”380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfcjv8pCLVU
“Yeah,” He let out a sad and drawn-out confirmation, “There are not many like him380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI7JD3ELT4N
around anymore. Frankly, I would be surprised if we ever encounter another one of his380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaZ2i5mBtYo
kind.” He looked at me and then threw half a smile through the right corner of his380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmoKxznUVf7
mouth; “Now, why don’t you start by telling me what made you write such a thing?380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3uM78bGRHd
And more importantly: what is your real connection to that old fool? You know, he380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSgqCCj2Di4
and I; we have been friends for the longest time girl, and I even spoke to him just380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmNTp2thkig
recently.” He threw a quick look my way, obviously trying to fish for any kind of380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd5hYmBasKB
reaction; “And he has never mentioned a single word about any plans for an adoption.”380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ2FUQ3T0sr
“I am not that used to talking...” I warned, “what I mean is: I have not done it with380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIv83wqjEdr
that many people yet so, I might - how you say - run off at the mouth.”380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0pFSOqUj7b
“Oh? Well then,” he explained through another crooked smile; one that revealed380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9c8Grh7GxO
how few teeth he still had left, and also how big his gums were, “You can be at ease380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhTe1PWCPJC
since I am not that used to listening myself. “Besides,” he continued, “We still have380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhkWWAIH2yo
ways to go, and nothing to do for the whole way but talk to each other. You just go380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ02aorD7KCi
on for as much as you like without a worry. I am sure no word will feel unwarranted.”380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdWV890LeM7
“Alright,” I replied nervously, but also thankfully. “I guess it would be better if I just380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUjy1pKnRyn
went back to the beginning; to the very first time I opened my eyes...”380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWrbJGeDzRQ
“...” He threw me a look of disbelief, but after that initial scepticism, not once did380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ2DPmPV3aS
he dare to interrupt me again. Not until I was done with that longest of replies, and380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcKOE6aSlUG
by then, we would already be making ourselves comfortable inside his most peculiar380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrk5CWBZ3Xg
household...380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoTXUphD2uS
“...I slowly opened my eyes, like I had done so many times before, but still, they380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdsxEEy6hKE
could not trespass that pitch-black. It seemed that yet again I was to be frustrated by380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMDSwuDd7gB
blindness, and darkness was to remain as my only company. How long had it been380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBuBzI6esiY
since I first regained consciousness? How much time had already been stolen from380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH6KdGVK1T8
me? To seemingly punish me even further; I was to endure it all while strapped to a380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHudhOX6dSA
bed and surrounded by all sorts of sounds and smells that only increased my curiosity,380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKEXvtC4M1s
only fuelled my already immeasurable desire to see - what a sentence. Another kind of380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdILaYYxUxd
darkness then swept over me as the shadows of frustration and anger began curving all380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFlhqQJAUec
around my mind, slowly turning into large black circles of depression.380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuGjvIVSU9M
And then my body began telling what I could not: my fists clenched involuntarily380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMA7qJqtcVZ
as my tiny arms trembled, my entire strapped body began to twitch and turn380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJVguc78Hdl
whichever way, and shortly after my teeth too were showing eagerness in joining380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzYiPxzSxp6
that demonstration. I wanted to shout, to scream, to expel all that I was feeling, but380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8q4yN3ngWG
before my mouth could make its first echo, I began noticing that this time it would380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQZKm51mmo5
be different. The darkness that had always been there in front of me, no matter how380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQXX4pSU1v4
much my eyes would widen, began to dissipate and those feelings with it; slowly, they380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSOQmFwvVJg
all faded until other doings began to take over.380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIi8aF6Jihl
I began moving my head as much as those restraints would allow, and as soon as380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJertUyBu3m
most of that blurriness left me, I found myself laying down in a poorly lit room.380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdMq0bCr4VW
All sorts of machinery scattered about, there were also other beds like the one I was380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHVrXemnhVY
laying on, most of them empty but a few with others like me. I knew right away they380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1UrQ8uvGv5
were like me.380Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Hxewn045c
