Asking me in all sorts of ways, but repeatedly nonetheless, who I was or what reason455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2LDEmpx7Ll
could I have to write such things. And after he untied the now even less threatening455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRbdhbsd98W
beast of burden, he helped me find my place on top of its generous back.455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkgrJ6OMTem
He then went around it, patting its massive head as he passed quite comfortably in455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡflrF9lUIKA
front of it; and then he too took his place to my left.455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkgb82R301T
Now, with the both of us sitting side by side and ready to go, he smiled at me455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRW74dJmuPN
through the corner of his mouth before shouting for our advance. But the one he455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUam1wIAr8F
called ´Gorliochi´ merely let out a howl of sorts... “Quit your blubbering.” He then455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhroiyBekzy
began to pull those reins on the big beast’s neck repeatedly until finally, the beast455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy4kikoZIHR
began to move... “There we go. By the way, you pay no heed to these misbehaviours,455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4dOMV6eo4g
alright? Ol’ Gorli here likes to act a bit lazy these days.”455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKeFi0cmDBb
“I have never seen such a creature.”455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG8Mx1ig5lm
“Yeah,” He let out a sad and drawn-out confirmation, “There are not many like him455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ibga0Wzmw
around anymore. Frankly, I would be surprised if we ever encounter another one of his455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVhlpxMZzek
kind.” He looked at me and then threw half a smile through the right corner of his455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFGrlPtiaVO
mouth; “Now, why don’t you start by telling me what made you write such a thing?455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb6sWzPPNMu
And more importantly: what is your real connection to that old fool? You know, he455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdBySZfAwl2
and I; we have been friends for the longest time girl, and I even spoke to him just455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡysJtTx4HTj
recently.” He threw a quick look my way, obviously trying to fish for any kind of455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ31IHteuDbr
reaction; “And he has never mentioned a single word about any plans for an adoption.”455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡapd0FzU2Md
“I am not that used to talking...” I warned, “what I mean is: I have not done it with455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJjvksyG3Ti
that many people yet so, I might - how you say - run off at the mouth.”455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡefpvJtR72M
“Oh? Well then,” he explained through another crooked smile; one that revealed455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6PXfOXwqY7
how few teeth he still had left, and also how big his gums were, “You can be at ease455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw546z4OYf0
since I am not that used to listening myself. “Besides,” he continued, “We still have455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwxwn3ec4pe
ways to go, and nothing to do for the whole way but talk to each other. You just go455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0iT5cqLxlJ
on for as much as you like without a worry. I am sure no word will feel unwarranted.”455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE7ldd6rrTz
“Alright,” I replied nervously, but also thankfully. “I guess it would be better if I just455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRYbYnTFBHL
went back to the beginning; to the very first time I opened my eyes...”455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPpgQ9lq8mB
“...” He threw me a look of disbelief, but after that initial scepticism, not once did455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb9L8ckF4Nz
he dare to interrupt me again. Not until I was done with that longest of replies, and455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN0Ppgobq2Z
by then, we would already be making ourselves comfortable inside his most peculiar455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7kTyjWrPlK
household...455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKYCeF7AP37
“...I slowly opened my eyes, like I had done so many times before, but still, they455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEk3ZkUlxfi
could not trespass that pitch-black. It seemed that yet again I was to be frustrated by455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1VS9w65Ztz
blindness, and darkness was to remain as my only company. How long had it been455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0lFVXzo3fU
since I first regained consciousness? How much time had already been stolen from455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8TPQ4x9H1J
me? To seemingly punish me even further; I was to endure it all while strapped to a455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlfx2wJdaiP
bed and surrounded by all sorts of sounds and smells that only increased my curiosity,455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrDPwAOvdcL
only fuelled my already immeasurable desire to see - what a sentence. Another kind of455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlBAGmhMNbE
darkness then swept over me as the shadows of frustration and anger began curving all455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhMa9yvVQXd
around my mind, slowly turning into large black circles of depression.455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyANR8YOE3c
And then my body began telling what I could not: my fists clenched involuntarily455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ45hZ08NDTN
as my tiny arms trembled, my entire strapped body began to twitch and turn455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFsGdtzLlyy
whichever way, and shortly after my teeth too were showing eagerness in joining455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDpczyb850r
that demonstration. I wanted to shout, to scream, to expel all that I was feeling, but455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmQ7TbZF19C
before my mouth could make its first echo, I began noticing that this time it would455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsxcajXCwU8
be different. The darkness that had always been there in front of me, no matter how455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvUCGLF477T
much my eyes would widen, began to dissipate and those feelings with it; slowly, they455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡILXMp2e1x1
all faded until other doings began to take over.455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcYFOGPE33e
I began moving my head as much as those restraints would allow, and as soon as455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa78qiia1kK
most of that blurriness left me, I found myself laying down in a poorly lit room.455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIm0EgbThMi
All sorts of machinery scattered about, there were also other beds like the one I was455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbaStoZTFuW
laying on, most of them empty but a few with others like me. I knew right away they455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw1B3NuPypa
were like me.455Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPzXII1UnKK
