“Does that include me?” I asked “Am I one of these ´Maybe´? Father?” I noticed153Please respect copyright.PENANAdU4vQE1HZV
he chose not to answer, but instead to deflect, “Since you can read already, I am sure153Please respect copyright.PENANAR7ZqdGNqql
your writing skills are close behind, and so I would have you do something for me.153Please respect copyright.PENANAsyxVCxd2E9
Something quite important.”153Please respect copyright.PENANAZY0S3gm82k
“I know writing, I mean what that is.” I remember waving my finger around as153Please respect copyright.PENANAzAdAfjgDdP
I tried to mimic the words on that sign “But I am not sure I can do it myself. Not yet.”153Please respect copyright.PENANABSUSGHyyXy
“It will come to you,” He smiled, his most appreciated attempt at inspiring any153Please respect copyright.PENANAewrwpgwNKf
confidence in me, “and when it does, I would like for you to write down everything153Please respect copyright.PENANAWQuFAPvDhz
that is going to transpire tonight.” He then rummaged through that big bag he had153Please respect copyright.PENANACUqsT2Q8iI
been readying for the last moments, before finally slapping his forehead after realising153Please respect copyright.PENANAQV6uBrNR4I
what he was looking for was already in one of his pockets. He took it out, and then153Please respect copyright.PENANA5GCyPuadeB
proudly handed it to me. That very same notebook that you now hold in your hand,153Please respect copyright.PENANArOg87Pylwe
“Can you do that for me?” He insisted.153Please respect copyright.PENANA5je4aebb5O
“I am not sure I -”153Please respect copyright.PENANAs5V92m7K4e
“It will come to you, all the memories and much more.” He smiled as he handed153Please respect copyright.PENANAOVWnAJ7V3a
me some pencils too, “And when you know how, when you feel confident enough to153Please respect copyright.PENANA8XKvde5awv
start, I want you to write down everything concerning tonight. Write as much as you153Please respect copyright.PENANAEDH6ESx5sO
can - use whatever sight is available to you; pen down whatever your eyes or your mind153Please respect copyright.PENANAjRHc8LTyFK
decide to show you – keep writing until you find yourself out of here.”153Please respect copyright.PENANAC2kPb6mUwd
“Can I make it like a story?” I asked shyly, “Of sorts...”153Please respect copyright.PENANAnuyC2xMBsZ
“Yes, if it pleases you. You can try and structure it like that if you want but do try153Please respect copyright.PENANA0jplSeGN18
and avoid any glib words.” He took another quick and desperate peek through that153Please respect copyright.PENANAZPPTwgTgFI
still barely opened crimson metal door “Then you can read it back to me, and to others,153Please respect copyright.PENANA0aNcb6lMnH
once we are far and away from this place - safe and under the sun.”153Please respect copyright.PENANAQxalvB2gGe
“Can I make some drawings too?” My heart jumped in expectation. “Well,”153Please respect copyright.PENANA3g6VpaGKgb
He looked at me again, with the most patient of smiles “yes, certainly. Whatever helps153Please respect copyright.PENANArDYGLnhdQo
you in the telling, why not?” He rummaged again for some crayons which he then153Please respect copyright.PENANAon7418X0as
handed to me, and then he hesitantly returned his worrisome look to what was waiting153Please respect copyright.PENANA70X8APUttN
on the other side of that door.153Please respect copyright.PENANAauzyyHnexV
“Are we going now?” I asked while holding all the things he gave me as tightly as my153Please respect copyright.PENANAxuCeo4Ph9z
little weak hands possibly could, “Father?”153Please respect copyright.PENANAimOvArZ1BF
“Where could they be?” I heard him whisper “Well, no matter.” He took a deep breath,153Please respect copyright.PENANAdHVHOJ0DtR
“Our way seems to be clear.” He then turned to me, with his eyes staring at mine in a153Please respect copyright.PENANAdknk9Lbxrn
more serious way than I had thought possible. “This is it. Are you ready?”153Please respect copyright.PENANAxc0fjXRUBQ
“Yes...” I scattered all the pencils and crayons across all pockets available to me and,153Please respect copyright.PENANA7450GpCY0Z
while holding that notebook tightly in my right arm, I slowly extended my left one.153Please respect copyright.PENANAQV30iASGQT
He gently took hold of my hand, caressed my fingers a few times behind a comforting153Please respect copyright.PENANA6hrobndUcr
smile, and then pulled me with him...153Please respect copyright.PENANA1dxw5iR3mr
... and that is why I wrote all that you now hold.153Please respect copyright.PENANAu2KRAnK5rZ
“I see...” The Tinker admitted a bit dubiously when we were already back his place,153Please respect copyright.PENANAwHxbXbYNZZ
“That is quite the tale.” His fingers constantly caressing the well-worn cover of that153Please respect copyright.PENANAB94P7EFjkn
notebook; so easily displaying all the eagerness that his eyes would not share.153Please respect copyright.PENANAAUExpMqSqw
“That is what happened.”153Please respect copyright.PENANAE5nw1t8pTR
“Well, and what then?” He asked as he gestured me to take a seat. We were now in153Please respect copyright.PENANA3dtUZkr1Bb
what he called a ´living room´, and I could see all sorts of things scattered around that153Please respect copyright.PENANAKy0L7TVIGg
makeshift table standing distinguishably in the middle. “Go on, sit down. Wherever153Please respect copyright.PENANAzPn5Pnvyxi
you like.” he insisted after placing my notebook in the centre of that table. Then he153Please respect copyright.PENANA5ZmLPXNilU
turned around, towards some cupboards and a device leaking out all sorts of fire.153Please respect copyright.PENANAMmo6gjz4Jv
“Can I take this one?” I asked regarding one of the few chairs I found in a usable153Please respect copyright.PENANAB2jP0ARaJh
condition.153Please respect copyright.PENANA3r6fNAfmpG
“Go right ahead.” He promptly allowed, without even looking to see what I could be153Please respect copyright.PENANATaQQ7CzNYw
referring to, as he was now clearly too busy preparing something. “Thank you.”153Please respect copyright.PENANACEblNBwEp9
“And then,” he asked me again, “what happened after?” He turned around holding a153Please respect copyright.PENANA9UMzhMDCTz
tray. On it rested a couple of exceptionally large and funny looking mugs, and between153Please respect copyright.PENANAs7vRNBZrcn
them was a smoking metal pot.