“You do,” I assured him quite calmly. “That is why I am here.”343Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw72s7sTYxl
“How are you acquainted with any of them?” He asked quite seriously, and only343Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhOZRFjyPZB
then did his eyes seem to notice my hair, which was blue all over except for its still343Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEkpm77n2tX
black tips. “You’re quite the odd one.” He admitted, while he was far from what anyone343Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF3Y8tPl2l5
would deem as ´normal´. “And I do not need my bigger glasses to see that.”343Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRGqqiHttio
“Here. This is for you,” I tried to hand him my big notebook, the one that had been343Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1bQ3Wcr4Hy
resting safely beside me. Almost falling out of it was a whole compendium of drawings343Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmmVgxXQKgF
and other poorly attached notes. “Father wanted you to have it.” I nudged it towards343Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqYzInv2hOO
him. “He also wanted me to go with you.”343Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ZhO0jgPIi
“Father, you say?” He cautiously asked as he refused the offer, “I am afraid I will have343Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBDSjMXrYQ1
to doubt that. You see little one, I am not one with many friends, let alone associates.”343Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8fJmMSmb26
He then took a few steps back “No, you must be mistaken. But fret not, you may343Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEwyQ4Ns2OY
accompany me back to my place, if you so wish of course. After all, it is not proper to343Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqxwVMiCK6r
leave one so small and meek behind, especially in a place like this. Old Gorliochi over343Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlZbNiUoavD
there,” His eyes went straight towards that beast; this one was completely relaxed even343Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZomSRmx7XA
if its jaws kept finding one thing or another to chew on, “he can easily carry the both343Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUZPI1Z22S9
of us for as long as necessary. He has been with me for many seasons now, lending a343Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa4o0lgV59N
hand in the carrying of all sorts of things.”343Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqML1r0HKcs
He smiled, but it was a ruse that could not hope to work on the likes of one such as343Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCc6pJDNMIV
me. “Like all sorts of flowers and fungi that I so often like to come and find in these343Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjz0J7yrh4t
parts... Or even -”343Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQWxNjy2wuN
“You are no mere flower picker or mushroom gatherer.” I said as I kept forcing that343Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrTGlTm5bNn
notebook onto him. “Go on, take it. You are the Thinker-Tinker, and you are meant343Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUzI4zeZbi4
to read it.”343Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnE31WXm7aF
A short silence stood between the two of us ...343Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ObpRe7ZUW
“Your father, who is he then?” He eventually asked, even if his interests appeared343Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaOhkIX8YqN
to be dwindling the more he was going through those notes and drawings, “I know343Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡISoYF7jTg2
many of the names inscribed here.” He kept confessing, as he tipped his glasses just343Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0BlyZyNg8c
in time to prevent them from falling off his curved nose; and then he looked at me343Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdMmiDPGZ3x
with refulgent eyes: “Some of these people, they are in these drawings of yours as well!343Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaCoNPvhZoL
And this man here; a Kharn. He is my friend. A dear one.”343Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFR9xAjj5JU
“That is Father,” I said to his amazement ...343Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0mfLOFsguy
A long pause took over his person.343Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXc8pDITUSP
Many of his past fears but also promises came to haunt him, and without a343Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHnFEHnrDcc
moment’s notice, his head became occupied with all sorts of questions and possibilities.343Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgj1eT4kT2Y
There were so many ´If ’s´ and ´Buts´ and ´What’s´ swirling in his mind - and in343Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjnGGR3PY22
the end all I heard him think to himself was: “This is likely to bring me quite the343Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9l0hnEs0AY
unwanted trouble, but if there is any chance of truth to it, at all; of a real connection343Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeXLlfdNv6r
between this little one and that ol’ fool... What choice do I have?”343Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOFOCixyMM1
“Who are you girl?” his eyes swelled up as he confronted me again, “and how did343Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoeQaSfEhAI
you get your hands on all this?”343Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXAknjoQ9ZA
“As I said, all of it was wrought by my hand.”343Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0X0OmMeNw9
“You wrote...” His eyes travelled between note and drawing alike “all this?343Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpdQXT1bF9b
What made you do such a thing?” He asked with his eyes now trembling with343Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVpLFsNF1um
restlessness.343Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoTfUJQdOXH
“And then you will read it?”343Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMxZmjVEpUK
“Oh, I most definitely will. The spark of curiosity has already been lit inside me.”343Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQcnVGiRe6w
He then reassured me further, “My interest has already peaked way past the point of343Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHBRbGSlXC2
arousal, don’t you worry.” And after he weighed all of it with both hands; “But I will343Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0RURVj53X7
have to do so back at my place. You understand that this is quite a lot to go through?”343Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2QQ3P9e74T
“Quite,” I replied after I added a few extra notes I had on my person.343Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ8JqX2H44j
“Besides, I don’t have my reading glasses on me.” He added somewhat flippantly343Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ7zQziVCZI
“I mean why would I bring them; you know? It’s not like I get to meet little girls343Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPGTtsgb87Q
carrying tomes for me regularly.”343Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkgZ90GxY1u
I nodded in concordance, and then he suggested we should make haste. Insisting, as343Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXaEA6uhNwO
we made our way to that beast, that I should tell him, or rather prepare him, for what343Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzwMCFW5xBT
could be in store inside that notebook.343Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡINZv5ZUDuC
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