
“You do,” I assured him quite calmly. “That is why I am here.”379Please respect copyright.PENANAbGG7mdjC1r
“How are you acquainted with any of them?” He asked quite seriously, and only379Please respect copyright.PENANAjdrWXpD4Ip
then did his eyes seem to notice my hair, which was blue all over except for its still379Please respect copyright.PENANAiAPNNA5ECB
black tips. “You’re quite the odd one.” He admitted, while he was far from what anyone379Please respect copyright.PENANAeS6ZYCRSEU
would deem as ´normal´. “And I do not need my bigger glasses to see that.”379Please respect copyright.PENANA6A2gUSlNI0
“Here. This is for you,” I tried to hand him my big notebook, the one that had been379Please respect copyright.PENANAbgiLkVmo68
resting safely beside me. Almost falling out of it was a whole compendium of drawings379Please respect copyright.PENANA9rwlo9JXKE
and other poorly attached notes. “Father wanted you to have it.” I nudged it towards379Please respect copyright.PENANAgZ7ZevcAw4
him. “He also wanted me to go with you.”379Please respect copyright.PENANAYzoFPKHTrS
“Father, you say?” He cautiously asked as he refused the offer, “I am afraid I will have379Please respect copyright.PENANASU1BYKdU72
to doubt that. You see little one, I am not one with many friends, let alone associates.”379Please respect copyright.PENANACkmWfDFZoS
He then took a few steps back “No, you must be mistaken. But fret not, you may379Please respect copyright.PENANAgT7RIQyPdC
accompany me back to my place, if you so wish of course. After all, it is not proper to379Please respect copyright.PENANAi9ODub0gQu
leave one so small and meek behind, especially in a place like this. Old Gorliochi over379Please respect copyright.PENANAtVsE5eakCg
there,” His eyes went straight towards that beast; this one was completely relaxed even379Please respect copyright.PENANAFtMUGrhU22
if its jaws kept finding one thing or another to chew on, “he can easily carry the both379Please respect copyright.PENANAOSzcBARWro
of us for as long as necessary. He has been with me for many seasons now, lending a379Please respect copyright.PENANAG9sxhLYDCT
hand in the carrying of all sorts of things.”379Please respect copyright.PENANAzcMiXzAJh0
He smiled, but it was a ruse that could not hope to work on the likes of one such as379Please respect copyright.PENANAA7YNp6Vf4d
me. “Like all sorts of flowers and fungi that I so often like to come and find in these379Please respect copyright.PENANAM6rV5vcAaE
parts... Or even -”379Please respect copyright.PENANAQ7nhV7x1Qz
“You are no mere flower picker or mushroom gatherer.” I said as I kept forcing that379Please respect copyright.PENANAH78Tqp5Uct
notebook onto him. “Go on, take it. You are the Thinker-Tinker, and you are meant379Please respect copyright.PENANAew9GyglSZ5
to read it.”379Please respect copyright.PENANA6TbJordr7G
A short silence stood between the two of us ...379Please respect copyright.PENANAozfexLNahj
“Your father, who is he then?” He eventually asked, even if his interests appeared379Please respect copyright.PENANA7FpD0fjbvo
to be dwindling the more he was going through those notes and drawings, “I know379Please respect copyright.PENANAGpGQkcPiNJ
many of the names inscribed here.” He kept confessing, as he tipped his glasses just379Please respect copyright.PENANAs5vUX7BKyc
in time to prevent them from falling off his curved nose; and then he looked at me379Please respect copyright.PENANA1dhg4DdnGZ
with refulgent eyes: “Some of these people, they are in these drawings of yours as well!379Please respect copyright.PENANAhzy8raJASq
And this man here; a Kharn. He is my friend. A dear one.”379Please respect copyright.PENANAA2VHjUguKp
“That is Father,” I said to his amazement ...379Please respect copyright.PENANAoQzRObYBQy
A long pause took over his person.379Please respect copyright.PENANAkW5pzoOpIB
Many of his past fears but also promises came to haunt him, and without a379Please respect copyright.PENANAiRTmcPpDtk
moment’s notice, his head became occupied with all sorts of questions and possibilities.379Please respect copyright.PENANA0D5Xs7Ejj7
There were so many ´If ’s´ and ´Buts´ and ´What’s´ swirling in his mind - and in379Please respect copyright.PENANA2vi6PfXDIQ
the end all I heard him think to himself was: “This is likely to bring me quite the379Please respect copyright.PENANA8ezEZxM2ZJ
unwanted trouble, but if there is any chance of truth to it, at all; of a real connection379Please respect copyright.PENANAuEZ7XbSbwz
between this little one and that ol’ fool... What choice do I have?”379Please respect copyright.PENANAI3IMVJK4ed
“Who are you girl?” his eyes swelled up as he confronted me again, “and how did379Please respect copyright.PENANA2ScQQnUIxX
you get your hands on all this?”379Please respect copyright.PENANANo5xNbzsMT
“As I said, all of it was wrought by my hand.”379Please respect copyright.PENANAuOB5eR9E1X
“You wrote...” His eyes travelled between note and drawing alike “all this?379Please respect copyright.PENANAUxt8hWy9s9
What made you do such a thing?” He asked with his eyes now trembling with379Please respect copyright.PENANATUZdNagBY2
restlessness.379Please respect copyright.PENANAyZcZp7W37E
“And then you will read it?”379Please respect copyright.PENANA5mL8ZVx1hr
“Oh, I most definitely will. The spark of curiosity has already been lit inside me.”379Please respect copyright.PENANAH7p8uFHmun
He then reassured me further, “My interest has already peaked way past the point of379Please respect copyright.PENANAQ8bA5dhSzg
arousal, don’t you worry.” And after he weighed all of it with both hands; “But I will379Please respect copyright.PENANA7GIj1XR7Bb
have to do so back at my place. You understand that this is quite a lot to go through?”379Please respect copyright.PENANA11H9GyKH8Q
“Quite,” I replied after I added a few extra notes I had on my person.379Please respect copyright.PENANAvcf2j6ZbF5
“Besides, I don’t have my reading glasses on me.” He added somewhat flippantly379Please respect copyright.PENANAvHOOAUYOHc
“I mean why would I bring them; you know? It’s not like I get to meet little girls379Please respect copyright.PENANAkLovv2fdhB
carrying tomes for me regularly.”379Please respect copyright.PENANA1jlCnaln4j
I nodded in concordance, and then he suggested we should make haste. Insisting, as379Please respect copyright.PENANA4fJAH83FeQ
we made our way to that beast, that I should tell him, or rather prepare him, for what379Please respect copyright.PENANAkMr7Jio8YO
could be in store inside that notebook.379Please respect copyright.PENANAK2e9kZANF0