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“Does that include me?” I asked “Am I one of these ´Maybe´? Father?” I noticed213Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHHcqoQUssv
he chose not to answer, but instead to deflect, “Since you can read already, I am sure213Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh2QZ4khCm9
your writing skills are close behind, and so I would have you do something for me.213Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMboEn7vM8f
Something quite important.”213Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf6H2IAMevO
“I know writing, I mean what that is.” I remember waving my finger around as213Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl4loYWQH2e
I tried to mimic the words on that sign “But I am not sure I can do it myself. Not yet.”213Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwpYx2DsnZT
“It will come to you,” He smiled, his most appreciated attempt at inspiring any213Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS7oUdQk5rM
confidence in me, “and when it does, I would like for you to write down everything213Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6VsKVKxKrv
that is going to transpire tonight.” He then rummaged through that big bag he had213Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQEtMhO8RfO
been readying for the last moments, before finally slapping his forehead after realising213Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfDQTzlxkj0
what he was looking for was already in one of his pockets. He took it out, and then213Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRhJIEjxIp9
proudly handed it to me. That very same notebook that you now hold in your hand,213Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrZ5WnlIYL9
“Can you do that for me?” He insisted.213Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlvVFMdafhL
“I am not sure I -”213Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ35xo2b0Oqb
“It will come to you, all the memories and much more.” He smiled as he handed213Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv0IPHoHsqZ
me some pencils too, “And when you know how, when you feel confident enough to213Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcNxbVFAINH
start, I want you to write down everything concerning tonight. Write as much as you213Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPj9HZQmx9c
can - use whatever sight is available to you; pen down whatever your eyes or your mind213Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTyEmUM4bW8
decide to show you – keep writing until you find yourself out of here.”213Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjF8X1lMoEy
“Can I make it like a story?” I asked shyly, “Of sorts...”213Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgL7JGcrjdJ
“Yes, if it pleases you. You can try and structure it like that if you want but do try213Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMst5F63Z49
and avoid any glib words.” He took another quick and desperate peek through that213Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDxgkSvOHUV
still barely opened crimson metal door “Then you can read it back to me, and to others,213Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSrdffCECJz
once we are far and away from this place - safe and under the sun.”213Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp2E0KTDpOw
“Can I make some drawings too?” My heart jumped in expectation. “Well,”213Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ75gJGa2OO9
He looked at me again, with the most patient of smiles “yes, certainly. Whatever helps213Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrrMQTCRyqS
you in the telling, why not?” He rummaged again for some crayons which he then213Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqTGcrkEDK4
handed to me, and then he hesitantly returned his worrisome look to what was waiting213Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfWY5lSiTPK
on the other side of that door.213Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPzZLruYkX4
“Are we going now?” I asked while holding all the things he gave me as tightly as my213Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3oEZvWhMmX
little weak hands possibly could, “Father?”213Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdQuL1UkxEh
“Where could they be?” I heard him whisper “Well, no matter.” He took a deep breath,213Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcUwz9HDD4a
“Our way seems to be clear.” He then turned to me, with his eyes staring at mine in a213Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡActInHRbqy
more serious way than I had thought possible. “This is it. Are you ready?”213Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyH9unhrvSa
“Yes...” I scattered all the pencils and crayons across all pockets available to me and,213Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRJvsUB2iU3
while holding that notebook tightly in my right arm, I slowly extended my left one.213Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡayBbkJHVur
He gently took hold of my hand, caressed my fingers a few times behind a comforting213Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiidMo4sgtv
smile, and then pulled me with him...213Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwg6mqBNRFT
... and that is why I wrote all that you now hold.213Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpAtdAlyOBR
“I see...” The Tinker admitted a bit dubiously when we were already back his place,213Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIHnZ50rNZG
“That is quite the tale.” His fingers constantly caressing the well-worn cover of that213Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlrsJqVVDsV
notebook; so easily displaying all the eagerness that his eyes would not share.213Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsR8q3EPQ1c
“That is what happened.”213Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV6HYIbYE47
“Well, and what then?” He asked as he gestured me to take a seat. We were now in213Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk54ote5RaZ
what he called a ´living room´, and I could see all sorts of things scattered around that213Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ0nW3dq9BL
makeshift table standing distinguishably in the middle. “Go on, sit down. Wherever213Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKWC1CjGca3
you like.” he insisted after placing my notebook in the centre of that table. Then he213Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPjJn0iIfML
turned around, towards some cupboards and a device leaking out all sorts of fire.213Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkHnJGXE1vV
“Can I take this one?” I asked regarding one of the few chairs I found in a usable213Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMmYikJ2cj4
condition.213Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkkB2M3jUt7
“Go right ahead.” He promptly allowed, without even looking to see what I could be213Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWdBZKQprar
referring to, as he was now clearly too busy preparing something. “Thank you.”213Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTloVpMlEOW
“And then,” he asked me again, “what happened after?” He turned around holding a213Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrKLYXCcIl2
tray. On it rested a couple of exceptionally large and funny looking mugs, and between213Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1gy36qAHR8
them was a smoking metal pot.
