Prologue
I have already learned the true nature of this world; every single language spoken by693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡexs1sXOVVo
all the miscreated, bid farewell to all those that I ever met, and just finished predicting693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE0e5Pn8zcd
most outcomes - not bad for someone born only a day ago.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdEHEzZTXob
And now I must wait here for him, atop such a generous outcrop of stone; one so693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ22Cmk5Oc1Q
easily protruding from the most graceful display of running water. A creek, I think it693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVqIaktakxa
is called, that much like me, seems to always be running but never getting anywhere.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp9ciZHAv4G
I cannot think of a better example of the flow of time and design working perfectly693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCqjLyXWDhl
in tandem. Yet another sample of what can be expected in this world above, I suppose693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzJhnLLisu5
and hope; an example that for so long has dared to cross these woods that the one693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0psrxzOryl
I am waiting for, sometimes calls his own.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmsaKOVdbKQ
He should be here any moment now; my inherited memories keep assuring me693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfCdoKExHbl
that he comes by this exact spot every day to make his crossing, and today will be no693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYbKVYubaFJ
exception. He will come. He will come and he will find me; he will find me, and he693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY9DLcRbwi1
will say:693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUbbGem8T46
“And who might you be?”693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhqCjUIIeuW
After I turned around, I was greeted with a weird-looking old figure, much more so693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqwGbFFKfLt
than I was expecting, with an uneven pair of glasses barely hanging from his slightly693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Tqw67nJIt
twirled nose and a long set of grey hair cascading, knot after knot, from the top of his693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9KRd7VC1bx
head. Several pieces of mismatched armour were strapped to his tall if a bit hunched,693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbtZaBnCOTf
body. They had been collected over a long period of time and from all kinds of sources.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi4rYqhZbAB
His right hand held a solid piece of armament; he tried to disguise it as a walking stick,693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpQMhM6G19K
but it was most definitely a good weapon. A haversack hung from his other shoulder,693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJutQM1yfqu
it was half open and mostly filled with all sorts of plants and a few samples of fungi.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡglk3aZsxaB
Then I noticed behind him followed a beast of burden; great of size and with quite693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcouspkO9oN
the relaxed jaw hanging under its corpulent nose. And if all the satchels covering its693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeJu2s0f7f9
blue and green skin were not enough to define its purpose, its mellow eyes surely did693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXMXNAr3WVS
the trick. Also, between its massive shoulders and the middle of its curved back, rested693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjSaD5BEOdL
a large, purple saddle. One that was just big enough for two.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0daoN2tDoI
“I was waiting for you,” I steadily revealed to him.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbJJX8e9Kyo
“It would certainly seem that way.” The old man replied quite unpreoccupied,693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrJzbJOzx5v
“Please tell me then, how is it that I am fated to find a little one such as yourself out693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSEi6fxTY1S
here, in the middle of these woods?” He asked as he began tying that beast to the693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDJDSDow61T
nearest tree.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHaFBnRNMMp
“I just said,” I repeated without taking my eyes from all the papers I was holding,693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZTvHQFcfRL
“that I came here to wait for you.”693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjXzMMIrgS0
“Quite right.” He stared at me for a moment, and then finally wetted his boots as he693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnWIqWLm2xq
ventured into that running water to make his approach. He did so slowly and carefully,693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFQf0QIwZHo
as to not frighten me, which caused me to smile in appreciation. All the dirt and rips693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxtN3jWr2Tv
in my mostly white clothes easily conveying to him that I had gone through quite a693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc1HXuleHlz
lot recently.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0GqHqdmHWB
“It’s alright. You can come closer.” I told him unabashedly.693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3mGPL3Ua33
“Oh, were you writing?” He was quick to notice when close enough, “And at such a693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsW3onMECxV
young age as well. Remarkable.” He then quickly followed that with a high opinion of693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkbQhqJl94K
my scattered drawings, before picking one up: “And what about these? Did you draw693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4qAf5GoOsE
all of them as well?”693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSn2uyaQbUY
“I did.”693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgzq8rX5KVP
“I know this man...” The old man confessed, “and this woman as well.” He added as693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxTBulMDMsq
his eyes caught glimpse of another half-finished sketch. He picked up that one as well,693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe3r22ejZ6c
and then held them close to each other ...693Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0fzMxXC3mE
“I know these people.” He insisted, without taking his eyes from those two pictures...
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