Prologue
I have already learned the true nature of this world; every single language spoken by1011Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv4W8kqZ7wg
all the miscreated, bid farewell to all those that I ever met, and just finished predicting1011Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3kIMU53vDp
most outcomes - not bad for someone born only a day ago.1011Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFiMrs8NaJo
And now I must wait here for him, atop such a generous outcrop of stone; one so1011Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOYd07JdjOQ
easily protruding from the most graceful display of running water. A creek, I think it1011Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBUtmHDeH9D
is called, that much like me, seems to always be running but never getting anywhere.1011Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOqjQUqPAtC
I cannot think of a better example of the flow of time and design working perfectly1011Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnPiyLy0SdJ
in tandem. Yet another sample of what can be expected in this world above, I suppose1011Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8rCR5ESTiV
and hope; an example that for so long has dared to cross these woods that the one1011Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV7mElyoh6F
I am waiting for, sometimes calls his own.1011Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDitIQyG7V5
He should be here any moment now; my inherited memories keep assuring me1011Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWS6VAQHJ1j
that he comes by this exact spot every day to make his crossing, and today will be no1011Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsnqrVtMgrM
exception. He will come. He will come and he will find me; he will find me, and he1011Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuBhY27f6mJ
will say:1011Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmm60K4UdYr
“And who might you be?”1011Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwSUETGLTE2
After I turned around, I was greeted with a weird-looking old figure, much more so1011Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzqlmfczLPZ
than I was expecting, with an uneven pair of glasses barely hanging from his slightly1011Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK9v63Bjbmj
twirled nose and a long set of grey hair cascading, knot after knot, from the top of his1011Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYUPDRlMiJc
head. Several pieces of mismatched armour were strapped to his tall if a bit hunched,1011Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzhlW8rWNgO
body. They had been collected over a long period of time and from all kinds of sources.1011Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX6ozBjq8Fw
His right hand held a solid piece of armament; he tried to disguise it as a walking stick,1011Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwXMT2ZRWrS
but it was most definitely a good weapon. A haversack hung from his other shoulder,1011Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOW99iTgQGA
it was half open and mostly filled with all sorts of plants and a few samples of fungi.1011Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2nm2SQGlA3
Then I noticed behind him followed a beast of burden; great of size and with quite1011Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQrpvyrYXLr
the relaxed jaw hanging under its corpulent nose. And if all the satchels covering its1011Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP9TSvix9MJ
blue and green skin were not enough to define its purpose, its mellow eyes surely did1011Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGUvzDUSRNc
the trick. Also, between its massive shoulders and the middle of its curved back, rested1011Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyYkhMTxkn5
a large, purple saddle. One that was just big enough for two.1011Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJLsPhEQr8J
“I was waiting for you,” I steadily revealed to him.1011Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEFCAM9eM8D
“It would certainly seem that way.” The old man replied quite unpreoccupied,1011Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRO6qCAl3XO
“Please tell me then, how is it that I am fated to find a little one such as yourself out1011Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNJ8ifskHMe
here, in the middle of these woods?” He asked as he began tying that beast to the1011Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJVReThJuop
nearest tree.1011Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwMul4LLcoD
“I just said,” I repeated without taking my eyes from all the papers I was holding,1011Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡglBbffsLGm
“that I came here to wait for you.”1011Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfQDFckWUtD
“Quite right.” He stared at me for a moment, and then finally wetted his boots as he1011Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJeCyRlbEJY
ventured into that running water to make his approach. He did so slowly and carefully,1011Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ3JujSzSpf
as to not frighten me, which caused me to smile in appreciation. All the dirt and rips1011Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbx4VN81e1r
in my mostly white clothes easily conveying to him that I had gone through quite a1011Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡknVk69QTtM
lot recently.1011Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSe4mUUpDYI
“It’s alright. You can come closer.” I told him unabashedly.1011Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDwUglHvCTj
“Oh, were you writing?” He was quick to notice when close enough, “And at such a1011Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc7Gk6IrZhk
young age as well. Remarkable.” He then quickly followed that with a high opinion of1011Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1wLssh8ZTr
my scattered drawings, before picking one up: “And what about these? Did you draw1011Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSYu2h8v0Og
all of them as well?”1011Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBYEEL7iMsT
“I did.”1011Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡimla2BCXc3
“I know this man...” The old man confessed, “and this woman as well.” He added as1011Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQolW7WWr2W
his eyes caught glimpse of another half-finished sketch. He picked up that one as well,1011Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTlWRrArJTL
and then held them close to each other ...1011Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXQIYPcyjLB
“I know these people.” He insisted, without taking his eyes from those two pictures...
and then Add to home screen.