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“Does that include me?” I asked “Am I one of these ´Maybe´? Father?” I noticed319Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8wvh0k1ajP
he chose not to answer, but instead to deflect, “Since you can read already, I am sure319Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpoxNhO4pKA
your writing skills are close behind, and so I would have you do something for me.319Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEHg87e0Ep3
Something quite important.”319Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZOY6tc6Sz7
“I know writing, I mean what that is.” I remember waving my finger around as319Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH75tpJAntt
I tried to mimic the words on that sign “But I am not sure I can do it myself. Not yet.”319Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNGpDMWNfLR
“It will come to you,” He smiled, his most appreciated attempt at inspiring any319Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyYCwXo4BVq
confidence in me, “and when it does, I would like for you to write down everything319Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRTYc3udmYc
that is going to transpire tonight.” He then rummaged through that big bag he had319Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTR7gt3Fbjs
been readying for the last moments, before finally slapping his forehead after realising319Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwpC1A7krkd
what he was looking for was already in one of his pockets. He took it out, and then319Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYAOwEeFiY1
proudly handed it to me. That very same notebook that you now hold in your hand,319Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuo4u6DLZEQ
“Can you do that for me?” He insisted.319Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtgEwlKeqoj
“I am not sure I -”319Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwAnoRneo0e
“It will come to you, all the memories and much more.” He smiled as he handed319Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXk3EkYBa1O
me some pencils too, “And when you know how, when you feel confident enough to319Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk8Gs6X4anM
start, I want you to write down everything concerning tonight. Write as much as you319Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkgtBshxanj
can - use whatever sight is available to you; pen down whatever your eyes or your mind319Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5bmdS71BV9
decide to show you – keep writing until you find yourself out of here.”319Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLHkdAaosfz
“Can I make it like a story?” I asked shyly, “Of sorts...”319Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy27kdfgAdI
“Yes, if it pleases you. You can try and structure it like that if you want but do try319Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw5lZTXALJT
and avoid any glib words.” He took another quick and desperate peek through that319Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE3JoVtyXjm
still barely opened crimson metal door “Then you can read it back to me, and to others,319Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGkfAHzkBHZ
once we are far and away from this place - safe and under the sun.”319Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZwofMvTniG
“Can I make some drawings too?” My heart jumped in expectation. “Well,”319Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvLNPQGuF5S
He looked at me again, with the most patient of smiles “yes, certainly. Whatever helps319Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYvWgiADMk9
you in the telling, why not?” He rummaged again for some crayons which he then319Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCt4hOEjPR9
handed to me, and then he hesitantly returned his worrisome look to what was waiting319Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFvpj3Iv0jX
on the other side of that door.319Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiD3w9t0Io1
“Are we going now?” I asked while holding all the things he gave me as tightly as my319Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPHnA3Cvx3w
little weak hands possibly could, “Father?”319Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi27Z9frrFv
“Where could they be?” I heard him whisper “Well, no matter.” He took a deep breath,319Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA9LlVJ2HpN
“Our way seems to be clear.” He then turned to me, with his eyes staring at mine in a319Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKrhqyoyFOo
more serious way than I had thought possible. “This is it. Are you ready?”319Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrk0TAfoTns
“Yes...” I scattered all the pencils and crayons across all pockets available to me and,319Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS3qltSQVNW
while holding that notebook tightly in my right arm, I slowly extended my left one.319Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1rI3zQ3MCR
He gently took hold of my hand, caressed my fingers a few times behind a comforting319Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaxk0a2aool
smile, and then pulled me with him...319Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtorZM0FpRI
... and that is why I wrote all that you now hold.319Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtSBuMafAmC
“I see...” The Tinker admitted a bit dubiously when we were already back his place,319Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpfiGamLcnO
“That is quite the tale.” His fingers constantly caressing the well-worn cover of that319Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2KgC5Axlyc
notebook; so easily displaying all the eagerness that his eyes would not share.319Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjinalDjXda
“That is what happened.”319Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5f5cdewH05
“Well, and what then?” He asked as he gestured me to take a seat. We were now in319Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHxsrEx63Mr
what he called a ´living room´, and I could see all sorts of things scattered around that319Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUW4Fe4HDIn
makeshift table standing distinguishably in the middle. “Go on, sit down. Wherever319Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVSUKjLqZZW
you like.” he insisted after placing my notebook in the centre of that table. Then he319Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhtrqBkxAcF
turned around, towards some cupboards and a device leaking out all sorts of fire.319Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ06Chqid7wR
“Can I take this one?” I asked regarding one of the few chairs I found in a usable319Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkni28YrLbm
condition.319Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXTB73rOgdB
“Go right ahead.” He promptly allowed, without even looking to see what I could be319Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3w0TrlJtCm
referring to, as he was now clearly too busy preparing something. “Thank you.”319Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUmiyr35aWV
“And then,” he asked me again, “what happened after?” He turned around holding a319Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZfxXpapphW
tray. On it rested a couple of exceptionally large and funny looking mugs, and between319Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2FcqwKOIRJ
them was a smoking metal pot.
