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“You do,” I assured him quite calmly. “That is why I am here.”325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB9nqS8s51B
“How are you acquainted with any of them?” He asked quite seriously, and only325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNYK3Ztnl9U
then did his eyes seem to notice my hair, which was blue all over except for its still325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0D3zZ95SD4
black tips. “You’re quite the odd one.” He admitted, while he was far from what anyone325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt36zCLmbct
would deem as ´normal´. “And I do not need my bigger glasses to see that.”325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7uo0NXdyUg
“Here. This is for you,” I tried to hand him my big notebook, the one that had been325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ7hn1MkyOk
resting safely beside me. Almost falling out of it was a whole compendium of drawings325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqigW0TxQtB
and other poorly attached notes. “Father wanted you to have it.” I nudged it towards325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS5aAgLqS6h
him. “He also wanted me to go with you.”325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUw03gUxcLX
“Father, you say?” He cautiously asked as he refused the offer, “I am afraid I will have325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwpViUdVRuR
to doubt that. You see little one, I am not one with many friends, let alone associates.”325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJHIzJSruue
He then took a few steps back “No, you must be mistaken. But fret not, you may325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRzybFyhrEc
accompany me back to my place, if you so wish of course. After all, it is not proper to325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwUjQArkpyp
leave one so small and meek behind, especially in a place like this. Old Gorliochi over325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0HjHDscbyb
there,” His eyes went straight towards that beast; this one was completely relaxed even325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlhgb6lmpsB
if its jaws kept finding one thing or another to chew on, “he can easily carry the both325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCiJEWowsxk
of us for as long as necessary. He has been with me for many seasons now, lending a325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5LuLLaNbfq
hand in the carrying of all sorts of things.”325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWGB9LarJd7
He smiled, but it was a ruse that could not hope to work on the likes of one such as325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr2BROxrquj
me. “Like all sorts of flowers and fungi that I so often like to come and find in these325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpHSF3xnde4
parts... Or even -”325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK8esPwUuNv
“You are no mere flower picker or mushroom gatherer.” I said as I kept forcing that325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡunACUVNWaI
notebook onto him. “Go on, take it. You are the Thinker-Tinker, and you are meant325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPzXY1v0BsT
to read it.”325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTysoUk1nrx
A short silence stood between the two of us ...325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwD9HpeECcV
“Your father, who is he then?” He eventually asked, even if his interests appeared325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbmvgkQlDyx
to be dwindling the more he was going through those notes and drawings, “I know325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdxkYbgJ4lk
many of the names inscribed here.” He kept confessing, as he tipped his glasses just325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv4KKJDz8Pv
in time to prevent them from falling off his curved nose; and then he looked at me325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ710NzKGPZ2
with refulgent eyes: “Some of these people, they are in these drawings of yours as well!325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ79Vu72vLq5
And this man here; a Kharn. He is my friend. A dear one.”325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYG08hAzbYW
“That is Father,” I said to his amazement ...325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOCI5PpYyJK
A long pause took over his person.325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡixmWUukmpX
Many of his past fears but also promises came to haunt him, and without a325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1KSwESNkjV
moment’s notice, his head became occupied with all sorts of questions and possibilities.325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzXrkkhQQPs
There were so many ´If ’s´ and ´Buts´ and ´What’s´ swirling in his mind - and in325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVBL1lizsU4
the end all I heard him think to himself was: “This is likely to bring me quite the325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjiHxzdy5Ct
unwanted trouble, but if there is any chance of truth to it, at all; of a real connection325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNoNdlsZslO
between this little one and that ol’ fool... What choice do I have?”325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0anGDN5R6B
“Who are you girl?” his eyes swelled up as he confronted me again, “and how did325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ16DhopZaZ7
you get your hands on all this?”325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh5rsb5zFaR
“As I said, all of it was wrought by my hand.”325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpwkrWz71HA
“You wrote...” His eyes travelled between note and drawing alike “all this?325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzLdyVwEy1S
What made you do such a thing?” He asked with his eyes now trembling with325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCEUjSiwqvg
restlessness.325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYZtD7MoE0W
“And then you will read it?”325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3f9PpUwNvn
“Oh, I most definitely will. The spark of curiosity has already been lit inside me.”325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuL6cp6phcU
He then reassured me further, “My interest has already peaked way past the point of325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡixknXxtMBL
arousal, don’t you worry.” And after he weighed all of it with both hands; “But I will325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOL9zNrryT7
have to do so back at my place. You understand that this is quite a lot to go through?”325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡspe4MDHXnU
“Quite,” I replied after I added a few extra notes I had on my person.325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0G7rD2Ecgh
“Besides, I don’t have my reading glasses on me.” He added somewhat flippantly325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPZiefbBEwA
“I mean why would I bring them; you know? It’s not like I get to meet little girls325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYXODhH0UiD
carrying tomes for me regularly.”325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyNPIVfWSwi
I nodded in concordance, and then he suggested we should make haste. Insisting, as325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm4VAgOnjpd
we made our way to that beast, that I should tell him, or rather prepare him, for what325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdP3vPzO6zk
could be in store inside that notebook.325Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ90JoZMGYMZ
