“Does that include me?” I asked “Am I one of these ´Maybe´? Father?” I noticed425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhW044cdQql
he chose not to answer, but instead to deflect, “Since you can read already, I am sure425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMLe6Nx83XC
your writing skills are close behind, and so I would have you do something for me.425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfAJF6b7eUO
Something quite important.”425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf5uWCNT41Z
“I know writing, I mean what that is.” I remember waving my finger around as425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡleCsGdYsPs
I tried to mimic the words on that sign “But I am not sure I can do it myself. Not yet.”425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzErLKBAR2E
“It will come to you,” He smiled, his most appreciated attempt at inspiring any425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSmzD58gahj
confidence in me, “and when it does, I would like for you to write down everything425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvI28VBXPN0
that is going to transpire tonight.” He then rummaged through that big bag he had425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCLAb9Ct08P
been readying for the last moments, before finally slapping his forehead after realising425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5s6y30VN8p
what he was looking for was already in one of his pockets. He took it out, and then425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0CtyyDucV7
proudly handed it to me. That very same notebook that you now hold in your hand,425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdcznWzFqJ9
“Can you do that for me?” He insisted.425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5PPw8QgZru
“I am not sure I -”425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEDQmIExixW
“It will come to you, all the memories and much more.” He smiled as he handed425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡknG2IwJrXd
me some pencils too, “And when you know how, when you feel confident enough to425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW4L45oiPzg
start, I want you to write down everything concerning tonight. Write as much as you425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP52VExwPiy
can - use whatever sight is available to you; pen down whatever your eyes or your mind425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7RdMdUOodp
decide to show you – keep writing until you find yourself out of here.”425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd6WwR4Kk9x
“Can I make it like a story?” I asked shyly, “Of sorts...”425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEg5Bncebk3
“Yes, if it pleases you. You can try and structure it like that if you want but do try425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtKaJqxyhvY
and avoid any glib words.” He took another quick and desperate peek through that425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZHjtYVixxW
still barely opened crimson metal door “Then you can read it back to me, and to others,425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpBdgdCX2AS
once we are far and away from this place - safe and under the sun.”425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNEafDn1F4F
“Can I make some drawings too?” My heart jumped in expectation. “Well,”425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRMQ4BNrLM2
He looked at me again, with the most patient of smiles “yes, certainly. Whatever helps425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCgMtO7dMU3
you in the telling, why not?” He rummaged again for some crayons which he then425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMQrCdumA5X
handed to me, and then he hesitantly returned his worrisome look to what was waiting425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpr1Bup1NaJ
on the other side of that door.425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2XpDza0nIt
“Are we going now?” I asked while holding all the things he gave me as tightly as my425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwvWP3VVaTj
little weak hands possibly could, “Father?”425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy7fRirlEsh
“Where could they be?” I heard him whisper “Well, no matter.” He took a deep breath,425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3viAlZLBju
“Our way seems to be clear.” He then turned to me, with his eyes staring at mine in a425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKkj7C0TEIQ
more serious way than I had thought possible. “This is it. Are you ready?”425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYp4NmMtrHM
“Yes...” I scattered all the pencils and crayons across all pockets available to me and,425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpeLhOoi8Zk
while holding that notebook tightly in my right arm, I slowly extended my left one.425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ43gUvYjqNL
He gently took hold of my hand, caressed my fingers a few times behind a comforting425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrKIyl2u0ok
smile, and then pulled me with him...425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUK8kyj0cs5
... and that is why I wrote all that you now hold.425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWZWv9rzJHa
“I see...” The Tinker admitted a bit dubiously when we were already back his place,425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnomeEdsuyx
“That is quite the tale.” His fingers constantly caressing the well-worn cover of that425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaUoKqK2atb
notebook; so easily displaying all the eagerness that his eyes would not share.425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3H0MnqQqhS
“That is what happened.”425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLCEDAdXFNS
“Well, and what then?” He asked as he gestured me to take a seat. We were now in425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvBZpwRj7bi
what he called a ´living room´, and I could see all sorts of things scattered around that425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVL9FtBXN4Z
makeshift table standing distinguishably in the middle. “Go on, sit down. Wherever425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwllSy4m2hw
you like.” he insisted after placing my notebook in the centre of that table. Then he425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXpHSobxn6G
turned around, towards some cupboards and a device leaking out all sorts of fire.425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcTYmfp9mxN
“Can I take this one?” I asked regarding one of the few chairs I found in a usable425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK6U4OlOnXv
condition.425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeAPveWUBtP
“Go right ahead.” He promptly allowed, without even looking to see what I could be425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN2GaiwmKMB
referring to, as he was now clearly too busy preparing something. “Thank you.”425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡejXKJwxdFK
“And then,” he asked me again, “what happened after?” He turned around holding a425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoWsnNyMTBq
tray. On it rested a couple of exceptionally large and funny looking mugs, and between425Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEhVl2O3a3e
them was a smoking metal pot.
