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Asking me in all sorts of ways, but repeatedly nonetheless, who I was or what reason311Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGzeKj7N1bd
could I have to write such things. And after he untied the now even less threatening311Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVnoUdoMYas
beast of burden, he helped me find my place on top of its generous back.311Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDK5LbMWpM9
He then went around it, patting its massive head as he passed quite comfortably in311Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiL5AexcYqR
front of it; and then he too took his place to my left.311Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW9sksjAtyH
Now, with the both of us sitting side by side and ready to go, he smiled at me311Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl3trUHPLOD
through the corner of his mouth before shouting for our advance. But the one he311Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpqKxoPNRgP
called ´Gorliochi´ merely let out a howl of sorts... “Quit your blubbering.” He then311Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7kPlqdFV6X
began to pull those reins on the big beast’s neck repeatedly until finally, the beast311Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAuArWwyQaY
began to move... “There we go. By the way, you pay no heed to these misbehaviours,311Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡics12J8j2t
alright? Ol’ Gorli here likes to act a bit lazy these days.”311Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRyDOKiLwhp
“I have never seen such a creature.”311Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE8DyiyRC6N
“Yeah,” He let out a sad and drawn-out confirmation, “There are not many like him311Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmSYmiS6i2N
around anymore. Frankly, I would be surprised if we ever encounter another one of his311Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUUZo8lGw90
kind.” He looked at me and then threw half a smile through the right corner of his311Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh8lglrXQ8f
mouth; “Now, why don’t you start by telling me what made you write such a thing?311Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfAGaJjFyrc
And more importantly: what is your real connection to that old fool? You know, he311Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP5r1iJofy7
and I; we have been friends for the longest time girl, and I even spoke to him just311Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡReOFMyHo8W
recently.” He threw a quick look my way, obviously trying to fish for any kind of311Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGOuNGLEPd2
reaction; “And he has never mentioned a single word about any plans for an adoption.”311Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfulQVwlrvp
“I am not that used to talking...” I warned, “what I mean is: I have not done it with311Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF87uNQPW3R
that many people yet so, I might - how you say - run off at the mouth.”311Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSZgUG7CzX7
“Oh? Well then,” he explained through another crooked smile; one that revealed311Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6X1Re25zkd
how few teeth he still had left, and also how big his gums were, “You can be at ease311Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvpckmsUHdS
since I am not that used to listening myself. “Besides,” he continued, “We still have311Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ60eKUHgcdc
ways to go, and nothing to do for the whole way but talk to each other. You just go311Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWcZfktHOGT
on for as much as you like without a worry. I am sure no word will feel unwarranted.”311Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡholXMZdfLP
“Alright,” I replied nervously, but also thankfully. “I guess it would be better if I just311Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWZIZ6HCna7
went back to the beginning; to the very first time I opened my eyes...”311Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbG4QSvoJAt
“...” He threw me a look of disbelief, but after that initial scepticism, not once did311Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFDsZduZQDs
he dare to interrupt me again. Not until I was done with that longest of replies, and311Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUfrNBFJEBm
by then, we would already be making ourselves comfortable inside his most peculiar311Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO50KGNUDQF
household...311Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpCVMY9oocu
“...I slowly opened my eyes, like I had done so many times before, but still, they311Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkHYtQ5wUnn
could not trespass that pitch-black. It seemed that yet again I was to be frustrated by311Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3psdtXwMof
blindness, and darkness was to remain as my only company. How long had it been311Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMyI2pfXrm9
since I first regained consciousness? How much time had already been stolen from311Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlQESuXCaVG
me? To seemingly punish me even further; I was to endure it all while strapped to a311Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMsUk9ILEKy
bed and surrounded by all sorts of sounds and smells that only increased my curiosity,311Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcuFuq7Pfb1
only fuelled my already immeasurable desire to see - what a sentence. Another kind of311Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgPKLAeICUA
darkness then swept over me as the shadows of frustration and anger began curving all311Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmdiaxL78Tz
around my mind, slowly turning into large black circles of depression.311Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrRFalz1MFw
And then my body began telling what I could not: my fists clenched involuntarily311Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjz0buPcL0p
as my tiny arms trembled, my entire strapped body began to twitch and turn311Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJQRkd8uhgL
whichever way, and shortly after my teeth too were showing eagerness in joining311Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWZUbVyYL2a
that demonstration. I wanted to shout, to scream, to expel all that I was feeling, but311Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1D7eHmGedW
before my mouth could make its first echo, I began noticing that this time it would311Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzJd6Au7X1a
be different. The darkness that had always been there in front of me, no matter how311Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqmPAD2WZgk
much my eyes would widen, began to dissipate and those feelings with it; slowly, they311Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡekMWgHpVKv
all faded until other doings began to take over.311Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡShiE9Fj68T
I began moving my head as much as those restraints would allow, and as soon as311Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB9LelIGxzx
most of that blurriness left me, I found myself laying down in a poorly lit room.311Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE6x3keyiBo
All sorts of machinery scattered about, there were also other beds like the one I was311Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2GsqCxWO7S
laying on, most of them empty but a few with others like me. I knew right away they311Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZEVdK8r6MJ
were like me.311Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ53P4ETeRV8
