Prologue
I have already learned the true nature of this world; every single language spoken by723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb8ncQ97yl2
all the miscreated, bid farewell to all those that I ever met, and just finished predicting723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ4MX1Ytefy
most outcomes - not bad for someone born only a day ago.723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq7zWh2B4Lc
And now I must wait here for him, atop such a generous outcrop of stone; one so723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhbZbxOzWWR
easily protruding from the most graceful display of running water. A creek, I think it723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ75haJRhlzq
is called, that much like me, seems to always be running but never getting anywhere.723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu4zGCRpFAS
I cannot think of a better example of the flow of time and design working perfectly723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBt4ULh1VmG
in tandem. Yet another sample of what can be expected in this world above, I suppose723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3HD1ioGb3v
and hope; an example that for so long has dared to cross these woods that the one723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh6tziK8wnC
I am waiting for, sometimes calls his own.723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQiZSf6mW3f
He should be here any moment now; my inherited memories keep assuring me723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9FAoSeEouW
that he comes by this exact spot every day to make his crossing, and today will be no723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡODyo0OxWwA
exception. He will come. He will come and he will find me; he will find me, and he723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuAZLikuROS
will say:723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnmVXmMt6pl
“And who might you be?”723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR6Hl7fFAGS
After I turned around, I was greeted with a weird-looking old figure, much more so723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfLM1tw9cZ5
than I was expecting, with an uneven pair of glasses barely hanging from his slightly723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEx4ebqJzD4
twirled nose and a long set of grey hair cascading, knot after knot, from the top of his723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIBQV0niJAH
head. Several pieces of mismatched armour were strapped to his tall if a bit hunched,723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOyOSwLhVoh
body. They had been collected over a long period of time and from all kinds of sources.723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpeFa5H9Pax
His right hand held a solid piece of armament; he tried to disguise it as a walking stick,723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHEhVpQvZFQ
but it was most definitely a good weapon. A haversack hung from his other shoulder,723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxOzOMiKfZo
it was half open and mostly filled with all sorts of plants and a few samples of fungi.723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyU8x2lcsOu
Then I noticed behind him followed a beast of burden; great of size and with quite723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWPX7Mjlg4a
the relaxed jaw hanging under its corpulent nose. And if all the satchels covering its723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2PqmHjRZrL
blue and green skin were not enough to define its purpose, its mellow eyes surely did723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDKSX1JYjZm
the trick. Also, between its massive shoulders and the middle of its curved back, rested723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBaHIDofSgd
a large, purple saddle. One that was just big enough for two.723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlpBNZ6nOBF
“I was waiting for you,” I steadily revealed to him.723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQg0z0dIpZ2
“It would certainly seem that way.” The old man replied quite unpreoccupied,723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡccswbCUPvZ
“Please tell me then, how is it that I am fated to find a little one such as yourself out723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyqONeURzZv
here, in the middle of these woods?” He asked as he began tying that beast to the723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTgPtLHtA38
nearest tree.723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTHZbLDKJRD
“I just said,” I repeated without taking my eyes from all the papers I was holding,723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW6Z29wWsta
“that I came here to wait for you.”723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfLKzW2Z9Mb
“Quite right.” He stared at me for a moment, and then finally wetted his boots as he723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡli9CCH1wbo
ventured into that running water to make his approach. He did so slowly and carefully,723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpI0ENoRiyt
as to not frighten me, which caused me to smile in appreciation. All the dirt and rips723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQR9N86jnAN
in my mostly white clothes easily conveying to him that I had gone through quite a723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi11fKa5lL1
lot recently.723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxVvQ5aVjH5
“It’s alright. You can come closer.” I told him unabashedly.723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCm2kZUm9Uk
“Oh, were you writing?” He was quick to notice when close enough, “And at such a723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2fvjZTp8dc
young age as well. Remarkable.” He then quickly followed that with a high opinion of723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSe2yqKIaxN
my scattered drawings, before picking one up: “And what about these? Did you draw723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡill8VBNAyx
all of them as well?”723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡelSDWpjnnN
“I did.”723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY6unc1HpzB
“I know this man...” The old man confessed, “and this woman as well.” He added as723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYo3qYKwZkO
his eyes caught glimpse of another half-finished sketch. He picked up that one as well,723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiicdpH2mEF
and then held them close to each other ...723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4ekOpHUPnp
“I know these people.” He insisted, without taking his eyes from those two pictures...
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