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Asking me in all sorts of ways, but repeatedly nonetheless, who I was or what reason356Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL34Gt8m2IY
could I have to write such things. And after he untied the now even less threatening356Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs3wxyOK3C2
beast of burden, he helped me find my place on top of its generous back.356Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqoY99w7WY4
He then went around it, patting its massive head as he passed quite comfortably in356Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzCTjtci6Vg
front of it; and then he too took his place to my left.356Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1R0LHLhhNb
Now, with the both of us sitting side by side and ready to go, he smiled at me356Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAm8zUHt20p
through the corner of his mouth before shouting for our advance. But the one he356Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzsg2PtRPvQ
called ´Gorliochi´ merely let out a howl of sorts... “Quit your blubbering.” He then356Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPvzxvqqt3K
began to pull those reins on the big beast’s neck repeatedly until finally, the beast356Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG5eUWpzUSX
began to move... “There we go. By the way, you pay no heed to these misbehaviours,356Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Z2tbDBnTE
alright? Ol’ Gorli here likes to act a bit lazy these days.”356Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwXAnPnGfep
“I have never seen such a creature.”356Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc34t2nlw0J
“Yeah,” He let out a sad and drawn-out confirmation, “There are not many like him356Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Rz2zEMjeX
around anymore. Frankly, I would be surprised if we ever encounter another one of his356Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqFqji2ZX46
kind.” He looked at me and then threw half a smile through the right corner of his356Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7lxuWccNGr
mouth; “Now, why don’t you start by telling me what made you write such a thing?356Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkhVyZQY402
And more importantly: what is your real connection to that old fool? You know, he356Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzxrEqgretr
and I; we have been friends for the longest time girl, and I even spoke to him just356Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Mi1KbqpAp
recently.” He threw a quick look my way, obviously trying to fish for any kind of356Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt8tVZBNsrx
reaction; “And he has never mentioned a single word about any plans for an adoption.”356Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYjIGwCySOO
“I am not that used to talking...” I warned, “what I mean is: I have not done it with356Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzGScv6vGPp
that many people yet so, I might - how you say - run off at the mouth.”356Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZBjJe165xS
“Oh? Well then,” he explained through another crooked smile; one that revealed356Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt9BxmL0WfC
how few teeth he still had left, and also how big his gums were, “You can be at ease356Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7bRcsnJSqE
since I am not that used to listening myself. “Besides,” he continued, “We still have356Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr8tbbineuQ
ways to go, and nothing to do for the whole way but talk to each other. You just go356Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwgWr6gehD8
on for as much as you like without a worry. I am sure no word will feel unwarranted.”356Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4g6VgwVSJg
“Alright,” I replied nervously, but also thankfully. “I guess it would be better if I just356Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡehuP2w2c8Z
went back to the beginning; to the very first time I opened my eyes...”356Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9gJ4KYUVwg
“...” He threw me a look of disbelief, but after that initial scepticism, not once did356Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmzvbl4rC7n
he dare to interrupt me again. Not until I was done with that longest of replies, and356Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJWfVKwPU2U
by then, we would already be making ourselves comfortable inside his most peculiar356Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGrRZnqJVQ3
household...356Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡioMy5TojdG
“...I slowly opened my eyes, like I had done so many times before, but still, they356Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyUDD5sa7BB
could not trespass that pitch-black. It seemed that yet again I was to be frustrated by356Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR1xMj5suJU
blindness, and darkness was to remain as my only company. How long had it been356Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh6I0s0MJPc
since I first regained consciousness? How much time had already been stolen from356Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSohqDxXBqZ
me? To seemingly punish me even further; I was to endure it all while strapped to a356Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2PH4RsePIc
bed and surrounded by all sorts of sounds and smells that only increased my curiosity,356Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhu3AnD7VKL
only fuelled my already immeasurable desire to see - what a sentence. Another kind of356Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyoxdOHOR1l
darkness then swept over me as the shadows of frustration and anger began curving all356Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjmTdQ4Xp3z
around my mind, slowly turning into large black circles of depression.356Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡssQ2KO5jsl
And then my body began telling what I could not: my fists clenched involuntarily356Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmfakF142FU
as my tiny arms trembled, my entire strapped body began to twitch and turn356Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzyot2lmrYn
whichever way, and shortly after my teeth too were showing eagerness in joining356Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVJO7ewY34m
that demonstration. I wanted to shout, to scream, to expel all that I was feeling, but356Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd6m5qa8GWO
before my mouth could make its first echo, I began noticing that this time it would356Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyQJ10bDbeM
be different. The darkness that had always been there in front of me, no matter how356Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOkJ3Ptjyky
much my eyes would widen, began to dissipate and those feelings with it; slowly, they356Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9xKO8n7bv8
all faded until other doings began to take over.356Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmhohdUi0ID
I began moving my head as much as those restraints would allow, and as soon as356Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7f8yrCiiOc
most of that blurriness left me, I found myself laying down in a poorly lit room.356Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpoMAooalm5
All sorts of machinery scattered about, there were also other beds like the one I was356Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡns4Y45hzoy
laying on, most of them empty but a few with others like me. I knew right away they356Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSblQowofKZ
were like me.356Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ30GM0kbxmy
