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“You do,” I assured him quite calmly. “That is why I am here.”207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmXMLwoLGw1
“How are you acquainted with any of them?” He asked quite seriously, and only207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHhhMTCY3WD
then did his eyes seem to notice my hair, which was blue all over except for its still207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeZL1NAVBkp
black tips. “You’re quite the odd one.” He admitted, while he was far from what anyone207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ16LeFGWfh2
would deem as ´normal´. “And I do not need my bigger glasses to see that.”207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnU0Ob8NkwM
“Here. This is for you,” I tried to hand him my big notebook, the one that had been207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmAP6dxNBdO
resting safely beside me. Almost falling out of it was a whole compendium of drawings207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf1VwrwAsX6
and other poorly attached notes. “Father wanted you to have it.” I nudged it towards207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmfBq1rEteK
him. “He also wanted me to go with you.”207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz0abd0cEgH
“Father, you say?” He cautiously asked as he refused the offer, “I am afraid I will have207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Z3EShjHAi
to doubt that. You see little one, I am not one with many friends, let alone associates.”207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2u13oW11X9
He then took a few steps back “No, you must be mistaken. But fret not, you may207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpph0N8zvzD
accompany me back to my place, if you so wish of course. After all, it is not proper to207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzk5HcHRhMT
leave one so small and meek behind, especially in a place like this. Old Gorliochi over207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSkTOPhDDS8
there,” His eyes went straight towards that beast; this one was completely relaxed even207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlnJoJcZ7YE
if its jaws kept finding one thing or another to chew on, “he can easily carry the both207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm4Uawgz5Aj
of us for as long as necessary. He has been with me for many seasons now, lending a207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3vgvFw3Ttt
hand in the carrying of all sorts of things.”207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaTLgrIWO3S
He smiled, but it was a ruse that could not hope to work on the likes of one such as207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyxXAeutkOx
me. “Like all sorts of flowers and fungi that I so often like to come and find in these207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrcClAwKju6
parts... Or even -”207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe468XQwhiu
“You are no mere flower picker or mushroom gatherer.” I said as I kept forcing that207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr7KLN7gJ5X
notebook onto him. “Go on, take it. You are the Thinker-Tinker, and you are meant207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9RtqFyyTVF
to read it.”207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSCXCGAHNzb
A short silence stood between the two of us ...207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1lonmE5koR
“Your father, who is he then?” He eventually asked, even if his interests appeared207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgZak7bMF3d
to be dwindling the more he was going through those notes and drawings, “I know207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU7PjQ8jM8a
many of the names inscribed here.” He kept confessing, as he tipped his glasses just207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ85DmI3Lqw7
in time to prevent them from falling off his curved nose; and then he looked at me207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡihlKXh1Nx7
with refulgent eyes: “Some of these people, they are in these drawings of yours as well!207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa2JHe846hF
And this man here; a Kharn. He is my friend. A dear one.”207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFBGlVJ9JVy
“That is Father,” I said to his amazement ...207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQz3XgD3ZNL
A long pause took over his person.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtMsDYSAGhD
Many of his past fears but also promises came to haunt him, and without a207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7YqFrxoWD9
moment’s notice, his head became occupied with all sorts of questions and possibilities.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHyvpXfbuYS
There were so many ´If ’s´ and ´Buts´ and ´What’s´ swirling in his mind - and in207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNstAWyIZVa
the end all I heard him think to himself was: “This is likely to bring me quite the207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtCEvAKNOGu
unwanted trouble, but if there is any chance of truth to it, at all; of a real connection207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbDGaQWYpNu
between this little one and that ol’ fool... What choice do I have?”207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6QsjwcrWrV
“Who are you girl?” his eyes swelled up as he confronted me again, “and how did207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwaKkfDlkGn
you get your hands on all this?”207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy41twFWyZG
“As I said, all of it was wrought by my hand.”207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIECIoH4auj
“You wrote...” His eyes travelled between note and drawing alike “all this?207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSE53gry6YJ
What made you do such a thing?” He asked with his eyes now trembling with207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRtoiAWFenH
restlessness.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡswCdYd2cLB
“And then you will read it?”207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFa44T3w7GV
“Oh, I most definitely will. The spark of curiosity has already been lit inside me.”207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmxBXzMWimj
He then reassured me further, “My interest has already peaked way past the point of207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdU5H0XvD1Y
arousal, don’t you worry.” And after he weighed all of it with both hands; “But I will207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGIAhxmO45t
have to do so back at my place. You understand that this is quite a lot to go through?”207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ8QwDAMaI3
“Quite,” I replied after I added a few extra notes I had on my person.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdv37iy9o1C
“Besides, I don’t have my reading glasses on me.” He added somewhat flippantly207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcpKKjzrGIg
“I mean why would I bring them; you know? It’s not like I get to meet little girls207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1GdDQUlohH
carrying tomes for me regularly.”207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXnwkynxpZ5
I nodded in concordance, and then he suggested we should make haste. Insisting, as207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡazNQlkZ0rR
we made our way to that beast, that I should tell him, or rather prepare him, for what207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYJT7QCGMJ1
could be in store inside that notebook.207Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxt7eUio1LR
