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Asking me in all sorts of ways, but repeatedly nonetheless, who I was or what reason337Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnHh1XBwif4
could I have to write such things. And after he untied the now even less threatening337Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNr9BNnV5W2
beast of burden, he helped me find my place on top of its generous back.337Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVBntR46EUv
He then went around it, patting its massive head as he passed quite comfortably in337Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb0symPd4xJ
front of it; and then he too took his place to my left.337Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLOkvlsrKts
Now, with the both of us sitting side by side and ready to go, he smiled at me337Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhO5HYNm45w
through the corner of his mouth before shouting for our advance. But the one he337Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfrrh4JMXNL
called ´Gorliochi´ merely let out a howl of sorts... “Quit your blubbering.” He then337Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNd8DqnosC8
began to pull those reins on the big beast’s neck repeatedly until finally, the beast337Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOIZ1IS1A3g
began to move... “There we go. By the way, you pay no heed to these misbehaviours,337Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlrCRLi2a36
alright? Ol’ Gorli here likes to act a bit lazy these days.”337Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡglxvkOOqGq
“I have never seen such a creature.”337Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUzHRivPh8Q
“Yeah,” He let out a sad and drawn-out confirmation, “There are not many like him337Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWdfUKwIj16
around anymore. Frankly, I would be surprised if we ever encounter another one of his337Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvbQEarpSpB
kind.” He looked at me and then threw half a smile through the right corner of his337Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIf8janUTT2
mouth; “Now, why don’t you start by telling me what made you write such a thing?337Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUGcVVLA1SG
And more importantly: what is your real connection to that old fool? You know, he337Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwVSjxGaAxf
and I; we have been friends for the longest time girl, and I even spoke to him just337Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Xc7qlf7CV
recently.” He threw a quick look my way, obviously trying to fish for any kind of337Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs37J5HRGNW
reaction; “And he has never mentioned a single word about any plans for an adoption.”337Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDFZNdDNPEh
“I am not that used to talking...” I warned, “what I mean is: I have not done it with337Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbkkwBQrnue
that many people yet so, I might - how you say - run off at the mouth.”337Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhObf41whGj
“Oh? Well then,” he explained through another crooked smile; one that revealed337Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL8Uky3SHV3
how few teeth he still had left, and also how big his gums were, “You can be at ease337Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKDWGA04Emh
since I am not that used to listening myself. “Besides,” he continued, “We still have337Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM9xS9pjgJX
ways to go, and nothing to do for the whole way but talk to each other. You just go337Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3lO8pcdPUX
on for as much as you like without a worry. I am sure no word will feel unwarranted.”337Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS5VaccjWFv
“Alright,” I replied nervously, but also thankfully. “I guess it would be better if I just337Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpIyVjvFXyN
went back to the beginning; to the very first time I opened my eyes...”337Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFQycwRAfZp
“...” He threw me a look of disbelief, but after that initial scepticism, not once did337Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwgTdkjhPTE
he dare to interrupt me again. Not until I was done with that longest of replies, and337Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWuJbvNZ6iH
by then, we would already be making ourselves comfortable inside his most peculiar337Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfOwtqfQcb7
household...337Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7w0HYJCYjR
“...I slowly opened my eyes, like I had done so many times before, but still, they337Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5AmOOnAR1O
could not trespass that pitch-black. It seemed that yet again I was to be frustrated by337Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9hI2eAX8vt
blindness, and darkness was to remain as my only company. How long had it been337Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVL7n8ftase
since I first regained consciousness? How much time had already been stolen from337Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPsJ931vhVX
me? To seemingly punish me even further; I was to endure it all while strapped to a337Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnOOLqDeuoC
bed and surrounded by all sorts of sounds and smells that only increased my curiosity,337Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ77yrtoYu1R
only fuelled my already immeasurable desire to see - what a sentence. Another kind of337Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtO8IleT2Sp
darkness then swept over me as the shadows of frustration and anger began curving all337Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzQngBhYEB4
around my mind, slowly turning into large black circles of depression.337Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtLDHCRFINc
And then my body began telling what I could not: my fists clenched involuntarily337Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdvG1hahom9
as my tiny arms trembled, my entire strapped body began to twitch and turn337Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3cMbiyLrbd
whichever way, and shortly after my teeth too were showing eagerness in joining337Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbmo6BUzZok
that demonstration. I wanted to shout, to scream, to expel all that I was feeling, but337Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyOif0Y0Gs1
before my mouth could make its first echo, I began noticing that this time it would337Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡky8BEvlfAM
be different. The darkness that had always been there in front of me, no matter how337Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7jNX2vXujW
much my eyes would widen, began to dissipate and those feelings with it; slowly, they337Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAREYkEmxiQ
all faded until other doings began to take over.337Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTiBMs6bEof
I began moving my head as much as those restraints would allow, and as soon as337Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxNEsxnwFE8
most of that blurriness left me, I found myself laying down in a poorly lit room.337Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGwPLTKHRKJ
All sorts of machinery scattered about, there were also other beds like the one I was337Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ68yGiHLVWu
laying on, most of them empty but a few with others like me. I knew right away they337Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWrLj9qsaPr
were like me.337Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAzpvy0VkIT
