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“Does that include me?” I asked “Am I one of these ´Maybe´? Father?” I noticed231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgSUpLuX0ae
he chose not to answer, but instead to deflect, “Since you can read already, I am sure231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ91SUPYnoMB
your writing skills are close behind, and so I would have you do something for me.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsFd0Tudssa
Something quite important.”231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsdmNFRN9EM
“I know writing, I mean what that is.” I remember waving my finger around as231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHLxkEILIJq
I tried to mimic the words on that sign “But I am not sure I can do it myself. Not yet.”231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa7GAgWaABf
“It will come to you,” He smiled, his most appreciated attempt at inspiring any231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQcnDuSFkXG
confidence in me, “and when it does, I would like for you to write down everything231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZcu7iQRwQ1
that is going to transpire tonight.” He then rummaged through that big bag he had231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtKPLCQZzJL
been readying for the last moments, before finally slapping his forehead after realising231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX0xg6ggLbd
what he was looking for was already in one of his pockets. He took it out, and then231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5XM97LKBWV
proudly handed it to me. That very same notebook that you now hold in your hand,231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLRA7FxhL0p
“Can you do that for me?” He insisted.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNdiC0z3bX2
“I am not sure I -”231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNtGiWIBmMS
“It will come to you, all the memories and much more.” He smiled as he handed231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9jEANkCWGT
me some pencils too, “And when you know how, when you feel confident enough to231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwVQvRvmehC
start, I want you to write down everything concerning tonight. Write as much as you231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEV8FtqRGcU
can - use whatever sight is available to you; pen down whatever your eyes or your mind231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ56KPCwHO8u
decide to show you – keep writing until you find yourself out of here.”231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjd7vFRoZBQ
“Can I make it like a story?” I asked shyly, “Of sorts...”231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCN0HwapnV3
“Yes, if it pleases you. You can try and structure it like that if you want but do try231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaZXw0BQdUx
and avoid any glib words.” He took another quick and desperate peek through that231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLfjxCRODXc
still barely opened crimson metal door “Then you can read it back to me, and to others,231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoHvbNs2Kvw
once we are far and away from this place - safe and under the sun.”231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdK3aMm4KAQ
“Can I make some drawings too?” My heart jumped in expectation. “Well,”231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvQ9LV3HpJS
He looked at me again, with the most patient of smiles “yes, certainly. Whatever helps231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGVXkfHK6Sa
you in the telling, why not?” He rummaged again for some crayons which he then231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXXOXO3S89R
handed to me, and then he hesitantly returned his worrisome look to what was waiting231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdmqiqMzeQH
on the other side of that door.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAZPM6yowzp
“Are we going now?” I asked while holding all the things he gave me as tightly as my231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ86F1UqI12T
little weak hands possibly could, “Father?”231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT6msPi08H1
“Where could they be?” I heard him whisper “Well, no matter.” He took a deep breath,231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3yeJv9adPR
“Our way seems to be clear.” He then turned to me, with his eyes staring at mine in a231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡigzQ6s52UG
more serious way than I had thought possible. “This is it. Are you ready?”231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7a1YJekFKf
“Yes...” I scattered all the pencils and crayons across all pockets available to me and,231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwDU0hIrIRm
while holding that notebook tightly in my right arm, I slowly extended my left one.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqUfKzXrlUN
He gently took hold of my hand, caressed my fingers a few times behind a comforting231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnZ1Tn2fDDO
smile, and then pulled me with him...231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhZoOc5p4SA
... and that is why I wrote all that you now hold.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZGwzm8EImJ
“I see...” The Tinker admitted a bit dubiously when we were already back his place,231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIKHpUC6w9k
“That is quite the tale.” His fingers constantly caressing the well-worn cover of that231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQrfHSJ3joF
notebook; so easily displaying all the eagerness that his eyes would not share.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIWoC2CtCbk
“That is what happened.”231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2SwQ8MOlqe
“Well, and what then?” He asked as he gestured me to take a seat. We were now in231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2guy4mNLvX
what he called a ´living room´, and I could see all sorts of things scattered around that231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPzAGDAyQky
makeshift table standing distinguishably in the middle. “Go on, sit down. Wherever231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZqhfR5erds
you like.” he insisted after placing my notebook in the centre of that table. Then he231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYj6vAvoFOd
turned around, towards some cupboards and a device leaking out all sorts of fire.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Yatv1gQ3m
“Can I take this one?” I asked regarding one of the few chairs I found in a usable231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc1IuV7E3op
condition.231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfJqNrVgdSb
“Go right ahead.” He promptly allowed, without even looking to see what I could be231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkWKuSPtVur
referring to, as he was now clearly too busy preparing something. “Thank you.”231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUrDdAIMtov
“And then,” he asked me again, “what happened after?” He turned around holding a231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSprf2sFA0G
tray. On it rested a couple of exceptionally large and funny looking mugs, and between231Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZZjA3WQcec
them was a smoking metal pot.
