“You do,” I assured him quite calmly. “That is why I am here.”753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPTnntyrnQo
“How are you acquainted with any of them?” He asked quite seriously, and only753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxL3fz5iriy
then did his eyes seem to notice my hair, which was blue all over except for its still753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpLO7oyXcWy
black tips. “You’re quite the odd one.” He admitted, while he was far from what anyone753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnFqd53o45J
would deem as ´normal´. “And I do not need my bigger glasses to see that.”753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOu46uoywDO
“Here. This is for you,” I tried to hand him my big notebook, the one that had been753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjp5J0ZnH4C
resting safely beside me. Almost falling out of it was a whole compendium of drawings753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWah2qZChg1
and other poorly attached notes. “Father wanted you to have it.” I nudged it towards753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFCZiqCCxIQ
him. “He also wanted me to go with you.”753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0EvKdd1yw2
“Father, you say?” He cautiously asked as he refused the offer, “I am afraid I will have753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Mc6O6mZKk
to doubt that. You see little one, I am not one with many friends, let alone associates.”753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0i12rlYOWy
He then took a few steps back “No, you must be mistaken. But fret not, you may753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRrSSfdUKme
accompany me back to my place, if you so wish of course. After all, it is not proper to753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoJ1voVrdfH
leave one so small and meek behind, especially in a place like this. Old Gorliochi over753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqkD8JSzGYi
there,” His eyes went straight towards that beast; this one was completely relaxed even753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxtTe6avE64
if its jaws kept finding one thing or another to chew on, “he can easily carry the both753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiGubcejLYh
of us for as long as necessary. He has been with me for many seasons now, lending a753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjRBe6NSUc4
hand in the carrying of all sorts of things.”753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd7KCuPG7Jv
He smiled, but it was a ruse that could not hope to work on the likes of one such as753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9hgQ8hVjr5
me. “Like all sorts of flowers and fungi that I so often like to come and find in these753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡogSqquUaDw
parts... Or even -”753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJsPkqiqRzJ
“You are no mere flower picker or mushroom gatherer.” I said as I kept forcing that753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAIrTD9kvoE
notebook onto him. “Go on, take it. You are the Thinker-Tinker, and you are meant753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQXfSqR6xi0
to read it.”753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEtfbWw7kZ1
A short silence stood between the two of us ...753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWa4wTc0UrW
“Your father, who is he then?” He eventually asked, even if his interests appeared753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm9Q8tQdzyi
to be dwindling the more he was going through those notes and drawings, “I know753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrLmQ1b8gy7
many of the names inscribed here.” He kept confessing, as he tipped his glasses just753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKOOdsTtHsV
in time to prevent them from falling off his curved nose; and then he looked at me753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqkNFJiT44Q
with refulgent eyes: “Some of these people, they are in these drawings of yours as well!753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUHdXoEzOlk
And this man here; a Kharn. He is my friend. A dear one.”753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQjM3jmVezI
“That is Father,” I said to his amazement ...753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4t6CyJ1pK2
A long pause took over his person.753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkIH0fcqHEs
Many of his past fears but also promises came to haunt him, and without a753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX5nxtH7Pgr
moment’s notice, his head became occupied with all sorts of questions and possibilities.753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ96ioTYATZU
There were so many ´If ’s´ and ´Buts´ and ´What’s´ swirling in his mind - and in753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoH0Zl9qpE4
the end all I heard him think to himself was: “This is likely to bring me quite the753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLnJc72iGp7
unwanted trouble, but if there is any chance of truth to it, at all; of a real connection753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOTVkWGTGE1
between this little one and that ol’ fool... What choice do I have?”753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyFw06ESoTn
“Who are you girl?” his eyes swelled up as he confronted me again, “and how did753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkzSLKmK2LX
you get your hands on all this?”753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXsoMIvDPGV
“As I said, all of it was wrought by my hand.”753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXSGE7t5ukn
“You wrote...” His eyes travelled between note and drawing alike “all this?753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqGj5ep7RF3
What made you do such a thing?” He asked with his eyes now trembling with753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGs3N3eLshD
restlessness.753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrkHMKdOLv6
“And then you will read it?”753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgVBsGTKT5d
“Oh, I most definitely will. The spark of curiosity has already been lit inside me.”753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNkDJiPX82u
He then reassured me further, “My interest has already peaked way past the point of753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvvOsxpZNGi
arousal, don’t you worry.” And after he weighed all of it with both hands; “But I will753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7oYerijhZI
have to do so back at my place. You understand that this is quite a lot to go through?”753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCGMLVh1pDl
“Quite,” I replied after I added a few extra notes I had on my person.753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj8AcMUPosv
“Besides, I don’t have my reading glasses on me.” He added somewhat flippantly753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ7TdoL54Nr
“I mean why would I bring them; you know? It’s not like I get to meet little girls753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ0UIGtgXMk
carrying tomes for me regularly.”753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk8NBr51O5a
I nodded in concordance, and then he suggested we should make haste. Insisting, as753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3A4wPDgk6m
we made our way to that beast, that I should tell him, or rather prepare him, for what753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKjLPNqkLZz
could be in store inside that notebook.753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR9Dt6EzCPw
and then Add to home screen.