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“Does that include me?” I asked “Am I one of these ´Maybe´? Father?” I noticed398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIRq4hRr8EQ
he chose not to answer, but instead to deflect, “Since you can read already, I am sure398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2gufNKv5Ia
your writing skills are close behind, and so I would have you do something for me.398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwdh6pPWOjm
Something quite important.”398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSyxkGPsZ6c
“I know writing, I mean what that is.” I remember waving my finger around as398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEvGVVRZ7aA
I tried to mimic the words on that sign “But I am not sure I can do it myself. Not yet.”398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdohz3MfwV5
“It will come to you,” He smiled, his most appreciated attempt at inspiring any398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE8yZRDjY7l
confidence in me, “and when it does, I would like for you to write down everything398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ51CVXjZffw
that is going to transpire tonight.” He then rummaged through that big bag he had398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGs7r8UKGz6
been readying for the last moments, before finally slapping his forehead after realising398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoMNjkGs77D
what he was looking for was already in one of his pockets. He took it out, and then398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlbQpG61m69
proudly handed it to me. That very same notebook that you now hold in your hand,398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaYLjVlZftI
“Can you do that for me?” He insisted.398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEBOqiFu25D
“I am not sure I -”398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSLOaZIp5D8
“It will come to you, all the memories and much more.” He smiled as he handed398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiPDZWYXelr
me some pencils too, “And when you know how, when you feel confident enough to398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgEnZ46Ubsn
start, I want you to write down everything concerning tonight. Write as much as you398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL08GePJTJm
can - use whatever sight is available to you; pen down whatever your eyes or your mind398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7OWQUjGudw
decide to show you – keep writing until you find yourself out of here.”398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡel682qbssH
“Can I make it like a story?” I asked shyly, “Of sorts...”398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSh60HJwHQs
“Yes, if it pleases you. You can try and structure it like that if you want but do try398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjCBjpTI3GD
and avoid any glib words.” He took another quick and desperate peek through that398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoMZ1KV5x9d
still barely opened crimson metal door “Then you can read it back to me, and to others,398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR4l3nJpA5J
once we are far and away from this place - safe and under the sun.”398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWgVWPBrt8D
“Can I make some drawings too?” My heart jumped in expectation. “Well,”398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe5NDYS4fDk
He looked at me again, with the most patient of smiles “yes, certainly. Whatever helps398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZmpZnertHt
you in the telling, why not?” He rummaged again for some crayons which he then398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF55ANT7ssz
handed to me, and then he hesitantly returned his worrisome look to what was waiting398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPf2gvtMyW1
on the other side of that door.398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5XfuCQXkS3
“Are we going now?” I asked while holding all the things he gave me as tightly as my398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQmqRVCmSj7
little weak hands possibly could, “Father?”398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPZHfdeQo6e
“Where could they be?” I heard him whisper “Well, no matter.” He took a deep breath,398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ56kTTBT1Oz
“Our way seems to be clear.” He then turned to me, with his eyes staring at mine in a398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgOLkJl4KUB
more serious way than I had thought possible. “This is it. Are you ready?”398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8dhNGa8utR
“Yes...” I scattered all the pencils and crayons across all pockets available to me and,398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI3GvMmlhjq
while holding that notebook tightly in my right arm, I slowly extended my left one.398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM71mrsla2I
He gently took hold of my hand, caressed my fingers a few times behind a comforting398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkMYTJm945b
smile, and then pulled me with him...398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2mnVksIUkq
... and that is why I wrote all that you now hold.398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4SUaNT7r5A
“I see...” The Tinker admitted a bit dubiously when we were already back his place,398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZqSyjBoFtm
“That is quite the tale.” His fingers constantly caressing the well-worn cover of that398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFAC3j2J5hf
notebook; so easily displaying all the eagerness that his eyes would not share.398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp0vgeZ4oO3
“That is what happened.”398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbtw7XQt8FS
“Well, and what then?” He asked as he gestured me to take a seat. We were now in398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvTIPq1iqAo
what he called a ´living room´, and I could see all sorts of things scattered around that398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN7jiNHKnLY
makeshift table standing distinguishably in the middle. “Go on, sit down. Wherever398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfLTJCm6zd9
you like.” he insisted after placing my notebook in the centre of that table. Then he398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ20tGYIx4KX
turned around, towards some cupboards and a device leaking out all sorts of fire.398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡINe8OH3Inu
“Can I take this one?” I asked regarding one of the few chairs I found in a usable398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa9ESmiRYR6
condition.398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdLLNzjV9RD
“Go right ahead.” He promptly allowed, without even looking to see what I could be398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeN0lG0qwfp
referring to, as he was now clearly too busy preparing something. “Thank you.”398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlB2amrz81T
“And then,” he asked me again, “what happened after?” He turned around holding a398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVuncScOnW8
tray. On it rested a couple of exceptionally large and funny looking mugs, and between398Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8VSqtPLswZ
them was a smoking metal pot.
