
“Does that include me?” I asked “Am I one of these ´Maybe´? Father?” I noticed278Please respect copyright.PENANAmq5ta6x0Y3
he chose not to answer, but instead to deflect, “Since you can read already, I am sure278Please respect copyright.PENANAkdTSnPSkKg
your writing skills are close behind, and so I would have you do something for me.278Please respect copyright.PENANATE0XWXMrFD
Something quite important.”278Please respect copyright.PENANAFDioztMvj7
“I know writing, I mean what that is.” I remember waving my finger around as278Please respect copyright.PENANANLrqlwv958
I tried to mimic the words on that sign “But I am not sure I can do it myself. Not yet.”278Please respect copyright.PENANAggwHUbbaRJ
“It will come to you,” He smiled, his most appreciated attempt at inspiring any278Please respect copyright.PENANA8AIEqagmtV
confidence in me, “and when it does, I would like for you to write down everything278Please respect copyright.PENANAXZa9DG74Ge
that is going to transpire tonight.” He then rummaged through that big bag he had278Please respect copyright.PENANAhp7J3sr9ir
been readying for the last moments, before finally slapping his forehead after realising278Please respect copyright.PENANAdpziewnc6U
what he was looking for was already in one of his pockets. He took it out, and then278Please respect copyright.PENANAYGXLfVh0jE
proudly handed it to me. That very same notebook that you now hold in your hand,278Please respect copyright.PENANAYuCxXgcaWy
“Can you do that for me?” He insisted.278Please respect copyright.PENANAXXhG8ZzDfc
“I am not sure I -”278Please respect copyright.PENANAAQ5tWsOjgW
“It will come to you, all the memories and much more.” He smiled as he handed278Please respect copyright.PENANA6o3UsfasN8
me some pencils too, “And when you know how, when you feel confident enough to278Please respect copyright.PENANAN7Y9r3gnZe
start, I want you to write down everything concerning tonight. Write as much as you278Please respect copyright.PENANA0jrfGtF4Lo
can - use whatever sight is available to you; pen down whatever your eyes or your mind278Please respect copyright.PENANAO0NctIkpFz
decide to show you – keep writing until you find yourself out of here.”278Please respect copyright.PENANAwJqVzaHPGr
“Can I make it like a story?” I asked shyly, “Of sorts...”278Please respect copyright.PENANAF1FGNg2fIM
“Yes, if it pleases you. You can try and structure it like that if you want but do try278Please respect copyright.PENANAag8dcnujJw
and avoid any glib words.” He took another quick and desperate peek through that278Please respect copyright.PENANAFVBG3YaC44
still barely opened crimson metal door “Then you can read it back to me, and to others,278Please respect copyright.PENANAgpJVCORMdd
once we are far and away from this place - safe and under the sun.”278Please respect copyright.PENANAmyZZtwJETo
“Can I make some drawings too?” My heart jumped in expectation. “Well,”278Please respect copyright.PENANAz1T2C5C7EX
He looked at me again, with the most patient of smiles “yes, certainly. Whatever helps278Please respect copyright.PENANAkhEksmWD9m
you in the telling, why not?” He rummaged again for some crayons which he then278Please respect copyright.PENANA5Vkl99qVyV
handed to me, and then he hesitantly returned his worrisome look to what was waiting278Please respect copyright.PENANAmKTPMNj9cw
on the other side of that door.278Please respect copyright.PENANA1xeIrBaPc8
“Are we going now?” I asked while holding all the things he gave me as tightly as my278Please respect copyright.PENANAbrD4GYvK0k
little weak hands possibly could, “Father?”278Please respect copyright.PENANAgyQ7hAhr1X
“Where could they be?” I heard him whisper “Well, no matter.” He took a deep breath,278Please respect copyright.PENANArl1IfqjO8R
“Our way seems to be clear.” He then turned to me, with his eyes staring at mine in a278Please respect copyright.PENANAdYlCIBL38F
more serious way than I had thought possible. “This is it. Are you ready?”278Please respect copyright.PENANA7ksS6dsUfB
“Yes...” I scattered all the pencils and crayons across all pockets available to me and,278Please respect copyright.PENANAntCgF9i7eL
while holding that notebook tightly in my right arm, I slowly extended my left one.278Please respect copyright.PENANAAZn0dg46sF
He gently took hold of my hand, caressed my fingers a few times behind a comforting278Please respect copyright.PENANAkKfFUxIba0
smile, and then pulled me with him...278Please respect copyright.PENANAOpjAgMBekF
... and that is why I wrote all that you now hold.278Please respect copyright.PENANAaTnFbnps7n
“I see...” The Tinker admitted a bit dubiously when we were already back his place,278Please respect copyright.PENANA2slfg3unU0
“That is quite the tale.” His fingers constantly caressing the well-worn cover of that278Please respect copyright.PENANAATKnPbdX8m
notebook; so easily displaying all the eagerness that his eyes would not share.278Please respect copyright.PENANAYk782H7oW0
“That is what happened.”278Please respect copyright.PENANAkgcfWlJMqj
“Well, and what then?” He asked as he gestured me to take a seat. We were now in278Please respect copyright.PENANAEmMQPJLNYX
what he called a ´living room´, and I could see all sorts of things scattered around that278Please respect copyright.PENANAA4f7mrMy4G
makeshift table standing distinguishably in the middle. “Go on, sit down. Wherever278Please respect copyright.PENANAZI67ZyFzoA
you like.” he insisted after placing my notebook in the centre of that table. Then he278Please respect copyright.PENANAKwRfrNK7Rj
turned around, towards some cupboards and a device leaking out all sorts of fire.278Please respect copyright.PENANAqHD50XaYBD
“Can I take this one?” I asked regarding one of the few chairs I found in a usable278Please respect copyright.PENANAGKEBtatc0E
condition.278Please respect copyright.PENANALtPDArgBSx
“Go right ahead.” He promptly allowed, without even looking to see what I could be278Please respect copyright.PENANAeewp6zkACx
referring to, as he was now clearly too busy preparing something. “Thank you.”278Please respect copyright.PENANA9BsOWuI3kA
“And then,” he asked me again, “what happened after?” He turned around holding a278Please respect copyright.PENANAu72xYFthwT
tray. On it rested a couple of exceptionally large and funny looking mugs, and between278Please respect copyright.PENANApkbw0VG31X
them was a smoking metal pot.