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Asking me in all sorts of ways, but repeatedly nonetheless, who I was or what reason328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN4QqGiiUbu
could I have to write such things. And after he untied the now even less threatening328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLolaL74esM
beast of burden, he helped me find my place on top of its generous back.328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnFz6S4A8A5
He then went around it, patting its massive head as he passed quite comfortably in328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM80DAmZh7A
front of it; and then he too took his place to my left.328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKOgih8yGzd
Now, with the both of us sitting side by side and ready to go, he smiled at me328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡObP8WL7jL0
through the corner of his mouth before shouting for our advance. But the one he328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ59bR7qHipr
called ´Gorliochi´ merely let out a howl of sorts... “Quit your blubbering.” He then328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5oTDWL9wDC
began to pull those reins on the big beast’s neck repeatedly until finally, the beast328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡugzsp7YFK9
began to move... “There we go. By the way, you pay no heed to these misbehaviours,328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡib1G7AVjeH
alright? Ol’ Gorli here likes to act a bit lazy these days.”328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMRmt42Qs1X
“I have never seen such a creature.”328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJtT1nawcoa
“Yeah,” He let out a sad and drawn-out confirmation, “There are not many like him328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnhX5vEEpV3
around anymore. Frankly, I would be surprised if we ever encounter another one of his328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2SQ8cXBtEO
kind.” He looked at me and then threw half a smile through the right corner of his328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg7Xx9J290B
mouth; “Now, why don’t you start by telling me what made you write such a thing?328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHp7d288g3M
And more importantly: what is your real connection to that old fool? You know, he328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3RCw4XRTh4
and I; we have been friends for the longest time girl, and I even spoke to him just328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAdiKJzjIZd
recently.” He threw a quick look my way, obviously trying to fish for any kind of328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxI0h4bGYfV
reaction; “And he has never mentioned a single word about any plans for an adoption.”328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHwLtncmqbn
“I am not that used to talking...” I warned, “what I mean is: I have not done it with328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDGwAnbkvW7
that many people yet so, I might - how you say - run off at the mouth.”328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEZmaIgKNwO
“Oh? Well then,” he explained through another crooked smile; one that revealed328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF6sHPYJrjX
how few teeth he still had left, and also how big his gums were, “You can be at ease328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMVLDo39QCr
since I am not that used to listening myself. “Besides,” he continued, “We still have328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmxTTpGYNXY
ways to go, and nothing to do for the whole way but talk to each other. You just go328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcbsasEyzwD
on for as much as you like without a worry. I am sure no word will feel unwarranted.”328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2mZQbSbglW
“Alright,” I replied nervously, but also thankfully. “I guess it would be better if I just328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUKamEL7OMf
went back to the beginning; to the very first time I opened my eyes...”328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfT3XmRBhTn
“...” He threw me a look of disbelief, but after that initial scepticism, not once did328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKLSAOgig7Q
he dare to interrupt me again. Not until I was done with that longest of replies, and328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTdjuSBsU1M
by then, we would already be making ourselves comfortable inside his most peculiar328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfHFzcn3K0v
household...328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy8y0KiJTwG
“...I slowly opened my eyes, like I had done so many times before, but still, they328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMujwXzXsdq
could not trespass that pitch-black. It seemed that yet again I was to be frustrated by328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjhrAJbsE4v
blindness, and darkness was to remain as my only company. How long had it been328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡju1o4HMRoA
since I first regained consciousness? How much time had already been stolen from328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡATYlOCetex
me? To seemingly punish me even further; I was to endure it all while strapped to a328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡixI9ATCnDU
bed and surrounded by all sorts of sounds and smells that only increased my curiosity,328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPpwwb4rpXG
only fuelled my already immeasurable desire to see - what a sentence. Another kind of328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb3SattFnxM
darkness then swept over me as the shadows of frustration and anger began curving all328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI5QZwWznL4
around my mind, slowly turning into large black circles of depression.328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3E6SHZ0tEU
And then my body began telling what I could not: my fists clenched involuntarily328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE9XUvM70IM
as my tiny arms trembled, my entire strapped body began to twitch and turn328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8y12Fzpx3V
whichever way, and shortly after my teeth too were showing eagerness in joining328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv2UkchdbEv
that demonstration. I wanted to shout, to scream, to expel all that I was feeling, but328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdfVyyOPbez
before my mouth could make its first echo, I began noticing that this time it would328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDlFLQGdAlK
be different. The darkness that had always been there in front of me, no matter how328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfpv2pkxgXZ
much my eyes would widen, began to dissipate and those feelings with it; slowly, they328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmYURkJuJ43
all faded until other doings began to take over.328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHB164kiMuW
I began moving my head as much as those restraints would allow, and as soon as328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs1thvQvApB
most of that blurriness left me, I found myself laying down in a poorly lit room.328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhL3FOVzmHj
All sorts of machinery scattered about, there were also other beds like the one I was328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx1P5VVSIPa
laying on, most of them empty but a few with others like me. I knew right away they328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI0vuGPlZY5
were like me.328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡknDYJnioMP
