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“Does that include me?” I asked “Am I one of these ´Maybe´? Father?” I noticed214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb4SAmWRZJg
he chose not to answer, but instead to deflect, “Since you can read already, I am sure214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV3k5I2vt4a
your writing skills are close behind, and so I would have you do something for me.214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzODwzOXbwr
Something quite important.”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcr9UJO4kaA
“I know writing, I mean what that is.” I remember waving my finger around as214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsZrA5gLSbC
I tried to mimic the words on that sign “But I am not sure I can do it myself. Not yet.”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmjc51YB62R
“It will come to you,” He smiled, his most appreciated attempt at inspiring any214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi86cAF8C2l
confidence in me, “and when it does, I would like for you to write down everything214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC2zVOakaeC
that is going to transpire tonight.” He then rummaged through that big bag he had214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXKVIKVppUP
been readying for the last moments, before finally slapping his forehead after realising214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg4pdc36EM7
what he was looking for was already in one of his pockets. He took it out, and then214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUf1ktdKMyo
proudly handed it to me. That very same notebook that you now hold in your hand,214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡICewhgxdPK
“Can you do that for me?” He insisted.214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ68OeV8J2CY
“I am not sure I -”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrzsa5n5baQ
“It will come to you, all the memories and much more.” He smiled as he handed214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJaKctrSPAa
me some pencils too, “And when you know how, when you feel confident enough to214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5K9FjsYUx7
start, I want you to write down everything concerning tonight. Write as much as you214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRlrgswohp3
can - use whatever sight is available to you; pen down whatever your eyes or your mind214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ49i0BC5Wb4
decide to show you – keep writing until you find yourself out of here.”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡugKM9h6K6L
“Can I make it like a story?” I asked shyly, “Of sorts...”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqGsNaPQsND
“Yes, if it pleases you. You can try and structure it like that if you want but do try214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1qm5C1szjs
and avoid any glib words.” He took another quick and desperate peek through that214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ44M1MkOM7l
still barely opened crimson metal door “Then you can read it back to me, and to others,214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzXyNLa8OzV
once we are far and away from this place - safe and under the sun.”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtbrkmYY3S7
“Can I make some drawings too?” My heart jumped in expectation. “Well,”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡegXo74qbaI
He looked at me again, with the most patient of smiles “yes, certainly. Whatever helps214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtv3IgjiuZ8
you in the telling, why not?” He rummaged again for some crayons which he then214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnZU4EkJ3cM
handed to me, and then he hesitantly returned his worrisome look to what was waiting214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcOHGJMyoO4
on the other side of that door.214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTWAmEkKsfX
“Are we going now?” I asked while holding all the things he gave me as tightly as my214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuFJ7WHZWre
little weak hands possibly could, “Father?”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWHb3GLzIW4
“Where could they be?” I heard him whisper “Well, no matter.” He took a deep breath,214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlMCnP8NJSl
“Our way seems to be clear.” He then turned to me, with his eyes staring at mine in a214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ58Jcw3gQ2I
more serious way than I had thought possible. “This is it. Are you ready?”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZkrxn7ZRUH
“Yes...” I scattered all the pencils and crayons across all pockets available to me and,214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1doJpiFpNI
while holding that notebook tightly in my right arm, I slowly extended my left one.214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMu47M8WIyZ
He gently took hold of my hand, caressed my fingers a few times behind a comforting214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYFTnUF1yWh
smile, and then pulled me with him...214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh37cvuMK2y
... and that is why I wrote all that you now hold.214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpl5G9ABIq6
“I see...” The Tinker admitted a bit dubiously when we were already back his place,214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvtUx5006kc
“That is quite the tale.” His fingers constantly caressing the well-worn cover of that214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ8HOL1CRDR
notebook; so easily displaying all the eagerness that his eyes would not share.214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMfLuqjMzbd
“That is what happened.”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA2Xx0CixP9
“Well, and what then?” He asked as he gestured me to take a seat. We were now in214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡouwhUNBOBS
what he called a ´living room´, and I could see all sorts of things scattered around that214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtE70IxTHML
makeshift table standing distinguishably in the middle. “Go on, sit down. Wherever214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡATnAXXU7NL
you like.” he insisted after placing my notebook in the centre of that table. Then he214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5220iudpry
turned around, towards some cupboards and a device leaking out all sorts of fire.214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmsLNczRaR2
“Can I take this one?” I asked regarding one of the few chairs I found in a usable214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUtDySyzjos
condition.214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡusSVqS3WSX
“Go right ahead.” He promptly allowed, without even looking to see what I could be214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcNKGPGLEGz
referring to, as he was now clearly too busy preparing something. “Thank you.”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrHioP5hg8T
“And then,” he asked me again, “what happened after?” He turned around holding a214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡomdPXRsXbO
tray. On it rested a couple of exceptionally large and funny looking mugs, and between214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡavH6MVMvl1
them was a smoking metal pot.
