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Asking me in all sorts of ways, but repeatedly nonetheless, who I was or what reason242Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbxgoOC5u39
could I have to write such things. And after he untied the now even less threatening242Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLG3Lb3fYVn
beast of burden, he helped me find my place on top of its generous back.242Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxWuOfi4dwG
He then went around it, patting its massive head as he passed quite comfortably in242Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡboILQJdt5m
front of it; and then he too took his place to my left.242Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbT6oJOcop8
Now, with the both of us sitting side by side and ready to go, he smiled at me242Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUVGLTJ4ly1
through the corner of his mouth before shouting for our advance. But the one he242Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWwYOnBMlon
called ´Gorliochi´ merely let out a howl of sorts... “Quit your blubbering.” He then242Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCfdmMYdt46
began to pull those reins on the big beast’s neck repeatedly until finally, the beast242Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡscfXi1z5KY
began to move... “There we go. By the way, you pay no heed to these misbehaviours,242Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzDkfxSAnYU
alright? Ol’ Gorli here likes to act a bit lazy these days.”242Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaLEnbYQeZE
“I have never seen such a creature.”242Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8BPngw2m7q
“Yeah,” He let out a sad and drawn-out confirmation, “There are not many like him242Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡValDXobhWf
around anymore. Frankly, I would be surprised if we ever encounter another one of his242Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡghrLZLI84u
kind.” He looked at me and then threw half a smile through the right corner of his242Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6a99sH5CRT
mouth; “Now, why don’t you start by telling me what made you write such a thing?242Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFsDK6mBj1w
And more importantly: what is your real connection to that old fool? You know, he242Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ93qyZvD1yJ
and I; we have been friends for the longest time girl, and I even spoke to him just242Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX45Fsfu6sj
recently.” He threw a quick look my way, obviously trying to fish for any kind of242Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Ad67q6nQj
reaction; “And he has never mentioned a single word about any plans for an adoption.”242Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRCDGh0eQxM
“I am not that used to talking...” I warned, “what I mean is: I have not done it with242Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKn9CXgdoaZ
that many people yet so, I might - how you say - run off at the mouth.”242Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw6D6v32YTM
“Oh? Well then,” he explained through another crooked smile; one that revealed242Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZutFqwZxFH
how few teeth he still had left, and also how big his gums were, “You can be at ease242Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT2aQpVEfzV
since I am not that used to listening myself. “Besides,” he continued, “We still have242Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjASkKJlMNE
ways to go, and nothing to do for the whole way but talk to each other. You just go242Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2OZgux3gNz
on for as much as you like without a worry. I am sure no word will feel unwarranted.”242Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoWOEzpE58u
“Alright,” I replied nervously, but also thankfully. “I guess it would be better if I just242Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyHXmTljYcQ
went back to the beginning; to the very first time I opened my eyes...”242Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBQQS51eWNr
“...” He threw me a look of disbelief, but after that initial scepticism, not once did242Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4BGtA0FwdB
he dare to interrupt me again. Not until I was done with that longest of replies, and242Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ3hEDFEO6T
by then, we would already be making ourselves comfortable inside his most peculiar242Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD6n1v5SP2R
household...242Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡymxGvSKHN8
“...I slowly opened my eyes, like I had done so many times before, but still, they242Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj2v2o37jOS
could not trespass that pitch-black. It seemed that yet again I was to be frustrated by242Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxx9iRyOHd2
blindness, and darkness was to remain as my only company. How long had it been242Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLLohYjYybs
since I first regained consciousness? How much time had already been stolen from242Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvxjC2Z8KFr
me? To seemingly punish me even further; I was to endure it all while strapped to a242Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ08wTOCYq3K
bed and surrounded by all sorts of sounds and smells that only increased my curiosity,242Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeDGShleT11
only fuelled my already immeasurable desire to see - what a sentence. Another kind of242Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHqOv4jAR1w
darkness then swept over me as the shadows of frustration and anger began curving all242Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWo8t7ybLDL
around my mind, slowly turning into large black circles of depression.242Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsxhpgnKMzB
And then my body began telling what I could not: my fists clenched involuntarily242Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE5UL9NVR24
as my tiny arms trembled, my entire strapped body began to twitch and turn242Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmNmW5yGCsz
whichever way, and shortly after my teeth too were showing eagerness in joining242Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQWAqlSqFBj
that demonstration. I wanted to shout, to scream, to expel all that I was feeling, but242Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgIZVyEjiMK
before my mouth could make its first echo, I began noticing that this time it would242Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡODxVkgkFy5
be different. The darkness that had always been there in front of me, no matter how242Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT0Kno5t1R7
much my eyes would widen, began to dissipate and those feelings with it; slowly, they242Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrmEE1gALcD
all faded until other doings began to take over.242Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXrVCnM3WjR
I began moving my head as much as those restraints would allow, and as soon as242Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡepPzPH40ff
most of that blurriness left me, I found myself laying down in a poorly lit room.242Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiDAlDVbr6w
All sorts of machinery scattered about, there were also other beds like the one I was242Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoVjshMNeaM
laying on, most of them empty but a few with others like me. I knew right away they242Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgwdnSeiIxh
were like me.242Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡupHpWAeToC
