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“Does that include me?” I asked “Am I one of these ´Maybe´? Father?” I noticed354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwfMfJ8H6pE
he chose not to answer, but instead to deflect, “Since you can read already, I am sure354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfmqBX0ihsu
your writing skills are close behind, and so I would have you do something for me.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWBgvt7bfwI
Something quite important.”354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcxic73B9z4
“I know writing, I mean what that is.” I remember waving my finger around as354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnbSzorf4m5
I tried to mimic the words on that sign “But I am not sure I can do it myself. Not yet.”354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIVobrAhPzv
“It will come to you,” He smiled, his most appreciated attempt at inspiring any354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpk8YzBfR2M
confidence in me, “and when it does, I would like for you to write down everything354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxJ9mdk1wPo
that is going to transpire tonight.” He then rummaged through that big bag he had354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvQdbSRFrJS
been readying for the last moments, before finally slapping his forehead after realising354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLbkim8oini
what he was looking for was already in one of his pockets. He took it out, and then354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmx2EBWRjmd
proudly handed it to me. That very same notebook that you now hold in your hand,354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYW1ArH2Xdc
“Can you do that for me?” He insisted.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOQqRXarPZl
“I am not sure I -”354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0CNMod9vx4
“It will come to you, all the memories and much more.” He smiled as he handed354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9wiCNm3dyZ
me some pencils too, “And when you know how, when you feel confident enough to354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5wEO8cxnnR
start, I want you to write down everything concerning tonight. Write as much as you354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdXMrpV1Nbx
can - use whatever sight is available to you; pen down whatever your eyes or your mind354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlend5QGxBb
decide to show you – keep writing until you find yourself out of here.”354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKYgyeVYJtd
“Can I make it like a story?” I asked shyly, “Of sorts...”354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQdKc0JYckl
“Yes, if it pleases you. You can try and structure it like that if you want but do try354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp7mILa4dR4
and avoid any glib words.” He took another quick and desperate peek through that354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtjmAthTlN4
still barely opened crimson metal door “Then you can read it back to me, and to others,354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqH5qIledBB
once we are far and away from this place - safe and under the sun.”354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIz4ryVaOCr
“Can I make some drawings too?” My heart jumped in expectation. “Well,”354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX8ELVNAqaz
He looked at me again, with the most patient of smiles “yes, certainly. Whatever helps354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNOXpUGPTjb
you in the telling, why not?” He rummaged again for some crayons which he then354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaFARBhmtT2
handed to me, and then he hesitantly returned his worrisome look to what was waiting354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAi9DhoPxUs
on the other side of that door.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5EANN8cXlu
“Are we going now?” I asked while holding all the things he gave me as tightly as my354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfOSO9Qaaqc
little weak hands possibly could, “Father?”354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqmg1KwV6iv
“Where could they be?” I heard him whisper “Well, no matter.” He took a deep breath,354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfB3Ki0tl8D
“Our way seems to be clear.” He then turned to me, with his eyes staring at mine in a354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEQjJbRZENC
more serious way than I had thought possible. “This is it. Are you ready?”354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBIJarwIoGT
“Yes...” I scattered all the pencils and crayons across all pockets available to me and,354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDhRqOWfgGi
while holding that notebook tightly in my right arm, I slowly extended my left one.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡslR0kvpmG5
He gently took hold of my hand, caressed my fingers a few times behind a comforting354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvKMsiVvf1o
smile, and then pulled me with him...354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHlPnMZ3W7E
... and that is why I wrote all that you now hold.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5zQNdBFrg3
“I see...” The Tinker admitted a bit dubiously when we were already back his place,354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrB6OGDi6Mb
“That is quite the tale.” His fingers constantly caressing the well-worn cover of that354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTZALlhHYus
notebook; so easily displaying all the eagerness that his eyes would not share.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdA3GBNbxVU
“That is what happened.”354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMBYU4Ok5mZ
“Well, and what then?” He asked as he gestured me to take a seat. We were now in354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqwXgO4Bg5L
what he called a ´living room´, and I could see all sorts of things scattered around that354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCA0BjEb65C
makeshift table standing distinguishably in the middle. “Go on, sit down. Wherever354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0DhhMMqaL5
you like.” he insisted after placing my notebook in the centre of that table. Then he354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgv2YYOM2j5
turned around, towards some cupboards and a device leaking out all sorts of fire.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFgrU0sgUY1
“Can I take this one?” I asked regarding one of the few chairs I found in a usable354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRquS5ftmB0
condition.354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyKpJKXFz6k
“Go right ahead.” He promptly allowed, without even looking to see what I could be354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0JWkm7iUGF
referring to, as he was now clearly too busy preparing something. “Thank you.”354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6zKdOEVo5V
“And then,” he asked me again, “what happened after?” He turned around holding a354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTYlODexsf3
tray. On it rested a couple of exceptionally large and funny looking mugs, and between354Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLlMVA1kRB4
them was a smoking metal pot.
