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“Does that include me?” I asked “Am I one of these ´Maybe´? Father?” I noticed318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF1jXfOvWyR
he chose not to answer, but instead to deflect, “Since you can read already, I am sure318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1tLJIGnCTl
your writing skills are close behind, and so I would have you do something for me.318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1IoJsJRZu2
Something quite important.”318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtWBgKeJnqo
“I know writing, I mean what that is.” I remember waving my finger around as318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmGECZCZjXk
I tried to mimic the words on that sign “But I am not sure I can do it myself. Not yet.”318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlMv8qnVwxe
“It will come to you,” He smiled, his most appreciated attempt at inspiring any318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhLX2Ximhv2
confidence in me, “and when it does, I would like for you to write down everything318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwmJzfHV4K3
that is going to transpire tonight.” He then rummaged through that big bag he had318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfE6hMrozgZ
been readying for the last moments, before finally slapping his forehead after realising318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ41wIYNhiPr
what he was looking for was already in one of his pockets. He took it out, and then318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuu3pWZOuT0
proudly handed it to me. That very same notebook that you now hold in your hand,318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkGwSRIO7aH
“Can you do that for me?” He insisted.318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxuCLG8lQ7q
“I am not sure I -”318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9p1tdPpaGi
“It will come to you, all the memories and much more.” He smiled as he handed318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBBDL1Xbtf1
me some pencils too, “And when you know how, when you feel confident enough to318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmFxnxRwriW
start, I want you to write down everything concerning tonight. Write as much as you318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsp5Qh7SZbs
can - use whatever sight is available to you; pen down whatever your eyes or your mind318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkSsBa3a1TU
decide to show you – keep writing until you find yourself out of here.”318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBpwXd8unUQ
“Can I make it like a story?” I asked shyly, “Of sorts...”318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrBAljW6pyK
“Yes, if it pleases you. You can try and structure it like that if you want but do try318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKU6IRtIWba
and avoid any glib words.” He took another quick and desperate peek through that318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG5juFgLImJ
still barely opened crimson metal door “Then you can read it back to me, and to others,318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6d3TtHJ6GI
once we are far and away from this place - safe and under the sun.”318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8o0bY5Bm37
“Can I make some drawings too?” My heart jumped in expectation. “Well,”318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Q9ef98X7l
He looked at me again, with the most patient of smiles “yes, certainly. Whatever helps318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhQxU02UBuT
you in the telling, why not?” He rummaged again for some crayons which he then318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdRUIEqtwJT
handed to me, and then he hesitantly returned his worrisome look to what was waiting318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5O1RDOmy8n
on the other side of that door.318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDTpRJhbLX2
“Are we going now?” I asked while holding all the things he gave me as tightly as my318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOPCoOw6voZ
little weak hands possibly could, “Father?”318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZKEDUZEFmW
“Where could they be?” I heard him whisper “Well, no matter.” He took a deep breath,318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQoIgY8SmQi
“Our way seems to be clear.” He then turned to me, with his eyes staring at mine in a318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4LumOHjwWO
more serious way than I had thought possible. “This is it. Are you ready?”318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHSSfz3bW4P
“Yes...” I scattered all the pencils and crayons across all pockets available to me and,318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHvUGZXiwOp
while holding that notebook tightly in my right arm, I slowly extended my left one.318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXcvSHFSQk2
He gently took hold of my hand, caressed my fingers a few times behind a comforting318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQoRjjdIqhw
smile, and then pulled me with him...318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXhqfAv4roF
... and that is why I wrote all that you now hold.318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH4zzqXPIXz
“I see...” The Tinker admitted a bit dubiously when we were already back his place,318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGoBbRddoil
“That is quite the tale.” His fingers constantly caressing the well-worn cover of that318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsM0eXXoBGN
notebook; so easily displaying all the eagerness that his eyes would not share.318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj3UC3CoELB
“That is what happened.”318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9MEdvEJo6F
“Well, and what then?” He asked as he gestured me to take a seat. We were now in318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9nKtZ3vAid
what he called a ´living room´, and I could see all sorts of things scattered around that318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLKtJ34bRhk
makeshift table standing distinguishably in the middle. “Go on, sit down. Wherever318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgp2O0y3syU
you like.” he insisted after placing my notebook in the centre of that table. Then he318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQqyvWxSOaV
turned around, towards some cupboards and a device leaking out all sorts of fire.318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVHX133Smkf
“Can I take this one?” I asked regarding one of the few chairs I found in a usable318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNxpRoFAZIl
condition.318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT1jUshehxi
“Go right ahead.” He promptly allowed, without even looking to see what I could be318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWOm1ZRBR69
referring to, as he was now clearly too busy preparing something. “Thank you.”318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjbvadTrOii
“And then,” he asked me again, “what happened after?” He turned around holding a318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKfztFFnZ6A
tray. On it rested a couple of exceptionally large and funny looking mugs, and between318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwYH1Nd970H
them was a smoking metal pot.
