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“Does that include me?” I asked “Am I one of these ´Maybe´? Father?” I noticed295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAGwxkZoflp
he chose not to answer, but instead to deflect, “Since you can read already, I am sure295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRwcJa2PX6Z
your writing skills are close behind, and so I would have you do something for me.295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUBnZEx4QY0
Something quite important.”295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbhNEvOqVJe
“I know writing, I mean what that is.” I remember waving my finger around as295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhyjkQTpi9s
I tried to mimic the words on that sign “But I am not sure I can do it myself. Not yet.”295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlVMc46Daeo
“It will come to you,” He smiled, his most appreciated attempt at inspiring any295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmXPXniJJfw
confidence in me, “and when it does, I would like for you to write down everything295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0WdOWshY7F
that is going to transpire tonight.” He then rummaged through that big bag he had295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGatKDHvVqF
been readying for the last moments, before finally slapping his forehead after realising295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQPBY185Yvb
what he was looking for was already in one of his pockets. He took it out, and then295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFQonBW7TND
proudly handed it to me. That very same notebook that you now hold in your hand,295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvQusoadsVx
“Can you do that for me?” He insisted.295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxB13k68I05
“I am not sure I -”295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxaURBWzJPR
“It will come to you, all the memories and much more.” He smiled as he handed295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaBojxNy4RV
me some pencils too, “And when you know how, when you feel confident enough to295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfsOr4524tr
start, I want you to write down everything concerning tonight. Write as much as you295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJz78hKOMAn
can - use whatever sight is available to you; pen down whatever your eyes or your mind295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyDGxTqG4G3
decide to show you – keep writing until you find yourself out of here.”295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkmJVChceDe
“Can I make it like a story?” I asked shyly, “Of sorts...”295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc0edzFufNs
“Yes, if it pleases you. You can try and structure it like that if you want but do try295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbi5bLcFW13
and avoid any glib words.” He took another quick and desperate peek through that295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBdF7O3fcH8
still barely opened crimson metal door “Then you can read it back to me, and to others,295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv9jRctERqn
once we are far and away from this place - safe and under the sun.”295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiEdY3dZsk9
“Can I make some drawings too?” My heart jumped in expectation. “Well,”295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZI7K2X2k94
He looked at me again, with the most patient of smiles “yes, certainly. Whatever helps295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiBCaDBIUAx
you in the telling, why not?” He rummaged again for some crayons which he then295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo31I17J6bx
handed to me, and then he hesitantly returned his worrisome look to what was waiting295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYvWwC6FHIJ
on the other side of that door.295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKMb23fqCc6
“Are we going now?” I asked while holding all the things he gave me as tightly as my295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA6xEPZttYU
little weak hands possibly could, “Father?”295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhRUYpyKmHi
“Where could they be?” I heard him whisper “Well, no matter.” He took a deep breath,295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhaZWQ2IVL7
“Our way seems to be clear.” He then turned to me, with his eyes staring at mine in a295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4zcmusmsGW
more serious way than I had thought possible. “This is it. Are you ready?”295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUHj8vWYbJR
“Yes...” I scattered all the pencils and crayons across all pockets available to me and,295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ07RpONOPwp
while holding that notebook tightly in my right arm, I slowly extended my left one.295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF45Wfzhm4x
He gently took hold of my hand, caressed my fingers a few times behind a comforting295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmdLWw0SEH8
smile, and then pulled me with him...295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY03Mq3gUWV
... and that is why I wrote all that you now hold.295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQrUQAHEg3m
“I see...” The Tinker admitted a bit dubiously when we were already back his place,295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGPGgyzBs1S
“That is quite the tale.” His fingers constantly caressing the well-worn cover of that295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrNmW4Ht9De
notebook; so easily displaying all the eagerness that his eyes would not share.295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7SBqeOF3mS
“That is what happened.”295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUbSje5B2Ls
“Well, and what then?” He asked as he gestured me to take a seat. We were now in295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAbZsrvRXGp
what he called a ´living room´, and I could see all sorts of things scattered around that295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG4n18tuPNA
makeshift table standing distinguishably in the middle. “Go on, sit down. Wherever295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZD8ZUQNFqy
you like.” he insisted after placing my notebook in the centre of that table. Then he295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT9KVsGZfRz
turned around, towards some cupboards and a device leaking out all sorts of fire.295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4ELQdCc6VJ
“Can I take this one?” I asked regarding one of the few chairs I found in a usable295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Hj2mk86f5
condition.295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtTB4yj9pKP
“Go right ahead.” He promptly allowed, without even looking to see what I could be295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFy1PNVPCAT
referring to, as he was now clearly too busy preparing something. “Thank you.”295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡasMZTmyuF0
“And then,” he asked me again, “what happened after?” He turned around holding a295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1wQHsvfh9k
tray. On it rested a couple of exceptionally large and funny looking mugs, and between295Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0G2qjVUGeL
them was a smoking metal pot.
