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“Does that include me?” I asked “Am I one of these ´Maybe´? Father?” I noticed309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Z4oPDLvZm
he chose not to answer, but instead to deflect, “Since you can read already, I am sure309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIwtd53jl5I
your writing skills are close behind, and so I would have you do something for me.309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlpG1XBo811
Something quite important.”309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK0cg3tkZzu
“I know writing, I mean what that is.” I remember waving my finger around as309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUBIbUa5NJd
I tried to mimic the words on that sign “But I am not sure I can do it myself. Not yet.”309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAifjk9usqW
“It will come to you,” He smiled, his most appreciated attempt at inspiring any309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8iQeV5Y0dF
confidence in me, “and when it does, I would like for you to write down everything309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrGMgynF8SJ
that is going to transpire tonight.” He then rummaged through that big bag he had309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHokBMuF1w5
been readying for the last moments, before finally slapping his forehead after realising309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZlubn1JCoY
what he was looking for was already in one of his pockets. He took it out, and then309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgRnAFPVTKQ
proudly handed it to me. That very same notebook that you now hold in your hand,309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1dAYjM5U2M
“Can you do that for me?” He insisted.309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡelx6NbcGRT
“I am not sure I -”309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDMqucErAJj
“It will come to you, all the memories and much more.” He smiled as he handed309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQxzI8MwQWL
me some pencils too, “And when you know how, when you feel confident enough to309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmvOlyjTXHa
start, I want you to write down everything concerning tonight. Write as much as you309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWZhZHtLXFQ
can - use whatever sight is available to you; pen down whatever your eyes or your mind309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt9xUzJbuc3
decide to show you – keep writing until you find yourself out of here.”309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡplUYy1bSzZ
“Can I make it like a story?” I asked shyly, “Of sorts...”309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ88XMXIQe7B
“Yes, if it pleases you. You can try and structure it like that if you want but do try309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv7JWfPbPkj
and avoid any glib words.” He took another quick and desperate peek through that309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCR2KWvsXar
still barely opened crimson metal door “Then you can read it back to me, and to others,309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGiezws8ycr
once we are far and away from this place - safe and under the sun.”309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyz0WASIuFz
“Can I make some drawings too?” My heart jumped in expectation. “Well,”309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCme7SvT67p
He looked at me again, with the most patient of smiles “yes, certainly. Whatever helps309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmiwJyTFu8g
you in the telling, why not?” He rummaged again for some crayons which he then309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG4aWRoaBvf
handed to me, and then he hesitantly returned his worrisome look to what was waiting309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Mz8RchqIh
on the other side of that door.309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwSGCgizcpC
“Are we going now?” I asked while holding all the things he gave me as tightly as my309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJQ4ZXUCTEV
little weak hands possibly could, “Father?”309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxMV9I40a5p
“Where could they be?” I heard him whisper “Well, no matter.” He took a deep breath,309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVpFhjl2OrZ
“Our way seems to be clear.” He then turned to me, with his eyes staring at mine in a309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXOrIJ8Br6Q
more serious way than I had thought possible. “This is it. Are you ready?”309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLyc5zRhHV6
“Yes...” I scattered all the pencils and crayons across all pockets available to me and,309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqv7Ql0hQDV
while holding that notebook tightly in my right arm, I slowly extended my left one.309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHmkxQ9NDps
He gently took hold of my hand, caressed my fingers a few times behind a comforting309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm4smfCe9eH
smile, and then pulled me with him...309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgBtoNCbJG7
... and that is why I wrote all that you now hold.309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW4u58ErcrG
“I see...” The Tinker admitted a bit dubiously when we were already back his place,309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0v9tkJnooA
“That is quite the tale.” His fingers constantly caressing the well-worn cover of that309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBjC6yNE6SJ
notebook; so easily displaying all the eagerness that his eyes would not share.309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCuTqNDn5Q7
“That is what happened.”309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVK9GlbtMRy
“Well, and what then?” He asked as he gestured me to take a seat. We were now in309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuNuLFOAVGL
what he called a ´living room´, and I could see all sorts of things scattered around that309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNUsQutBynP
makeshift table standing distinguishably in the middle. “Go on, sit down. Wherever309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZF5gzcqP4u
you like.” he insisted after placing my notebook in the centre of that table. Then he309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ6qzItYFuD
turned around, towards some cupboards and a device leaking out all sorts of fire.309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3DUsdNKccz
“Can I take this one?” I asked regarding one of the few chairs I found in a usable309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkxhTgepJUY
condition.309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf3oHXilGWl
“Go right ahead.” He promptly allowed, without even looking to see what I could be309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwmHvIGzktD
referring to, as he was now clearly too busy preparing something. “Thank you.”309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbgdKTqAPZk
“And then,” he asked me again, “what happened after?” He turned around holding a309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1LIZX2MwYm
tray. On it rested a couple of exceptionally large and funny looking mugs, and between309Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsWz9zOncGt
them was a smoking metal pot.
