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Asking me in all sorts of ways, but repeatedly nonetheless, who I was or what reason252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ60WFIV6rlb
could I have to write such things. And after he untied the now even less threatening252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTIV8lK3I3u
beast of burden, he helped me find my place on top of its generous back.252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMyiVXD2dCp
He then went around it, patting its massive head as he passed quite comfortably in252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdO0Z2Pl7x2
front of it; and then he too took his place to my left.252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhwyDdQBrHU
Now, with the both of us sitting side by side and ready to go, he smiled at me252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpvgXBf4zQl
through the corner of his mouth before shouting for our advance. But the one he252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTu0Ypc7FYa
called ´Gorliochi´ merely let out a howl of sorts... “Quit your blubbering.” He then252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS68Cx1G8KA
began to pull those reins on the big beast’s neck repeatedly until finally, the beast252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJAhjSGKhMf
began to move... “There we go. By the way, you pay no heed to these misbehaviours,252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg5veNZXNXJ
alright? Ol’ Gorli here likes to act a bit lazy these days.”252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI1Yvt96bD8
“I have never seen such a creature.”252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJMLpvSPks9
“Yeah,” He let out a sad and drawn-out confirmation, “There are not many like him252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRLCvkMAQHG
around anymore. Frankly, I would be surprised if we ever encounter another one of his252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0nNu5GAsvf
kind.” He looked at me and then threw half a smile through the right corner of his252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOsvqYCdkO3
mouth; “Now, why don’t you start by telling me what made you write such a thing?252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡngwaZ4L06H
And more importantly: what is your real connection to that old fool? You know, he252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpArQjJan9b
and I; we have been friends for the longest time girl, and I even spoke to him just252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRdp0ZDsW2A
recently.” He threw a quick look my way, obviously trying to fish for any kind of252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzlMMy2RPlz
reaction; “And he has never mentioned a single word about any plans for an adoption.”252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqSczVot9fK
“I am not that used to talking...” I warned, “what I mean is: I have not done it with252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwbLPfCYqcj
that many people yet so, I might - how you say - run off at the mouth.”252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfwBy841LMG
“Oh? Well then,” he explained through another crooked smile; one that revealed252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXhllXi0sGC
how few teeth he still had left, and also how big his gums were, “You can be at ease252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHG1Zbb4EGa
since I am not that used to listening myself. “Besides,” he continued, “We still have252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoucFq64M3k
ways to go, and nothing to do for the whole way but talk to each other. You just go252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiY55fwgN9s
on for as much as you like without a worry. I am sure no word will feel unwarranted.”252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBky7bMgVAU
“Alright,” I replied nervously, but also thankfully. “I guess it would be better if I just252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIJ60huMoph
went back to the beginning; to the very first time I opened my eyes...”252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnuUVLuMKa6
“...” He threw me a look of disbelief, but after that initial scepticism, not once did252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfWXfhPqluY
he dare to interrupt me again. Not until I was done with that longest of replies, and252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ63QBOnYOgJ
by then, we would already be making ourselves comfortable inside his most peculiar252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuGUNk9Klix
household...252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdTV68RXXq4
“...I slowly opened my eyes, like I had done so many times before, but still, they252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpQk814gJcL
could not trespass that pitch-black. It seemed that yet again I was to be frustrated by252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPv3iON9Ane
blindness, and darkness was to remain as my only company. How long had it been252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH4G62eUqi0
since I first regained consciousness? How much time had already been stolen from252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeXMDr8btqU
me? To seemingly punish me even further; I was to endure it all while strapped to a252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCrqkbq75g6
bed and surrounded by all sorts of sounds and smells that only increased my curiosity,252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBXK3Xiu57b
only fuelled my already immeasurable desire to see - what a sentence. Another kind of252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡezrUSuTLJM
darkness then swept over me as the shadows of frustration and anger began curving all252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡacjiPflx3F
around my mind, slowly turning into large black circles of depression.252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp0R6vIUBQM
And then my body began telling what I could not: my fists clenched involuntarily252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEZYspVjnkh
as my tiny arms trembled, my entire strapped body began to twitch and turn252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ380SuZ6Fx9
whichever way, and shortly after my teeth too were showing eagerness in joining252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8uinvEg2JB
that demonstration. I wanted to shout, to scream, to expel all that I was feeling, but252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2MnsD2ARTB
before my mouth could make its first echo, I began noticing that this time it would252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzIzQxpC0mN
be different. The darkness that had always been there in front of me, no matter how252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoFc54j90XW
much my eyes would widen, began to dissipate and those feelings with it; slowly, they252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ9WVDVwTMq
all faded until other doings began to take over.252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDaQb1uE5Mb
I began moving my head as much as those restraints would allow, and as soon as252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAm7tB8fDwo
most of that blurriness left me, I found myself laying down in a poorly lit room.252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj8sASbKkQ0
All sorts of machinery scattered about, there were also other beds like the one I was252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkMInEIybi6
laying on, most of them empty but a few with others like me. I knew right away they252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsatjQhgkuz
were like me.252Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTXfMpdbaDl
