“You do,” I assured him quite calmly. “That is why I am here.”437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA65UD0Qd1l
“How are you acquainted with any of them?” He asked quite seriously, and only437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiL1qYlheNI
then did his eyes seem to notice my hair, which was blue all over except for its still437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9utR4fxKzM
black tips. “You’re quite the odd one.” He admitted, while he was far from what anyone437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuRqUOp6Tab
would deem as ´normal´. “And I do not need my bigger glasses to see that.”437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGjg9oIjGYn
“Here. This is for you,” I tried to hand him my big notebook, the one that had been437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu7CYNOUfgB
resting safely beside me. Almost falling out of it was a whole compendium of drawings437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsWRGPMTpzr
and other poorly attached notes. “Father wanted you to have it.” I nudged it towards437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP2F1HsE4yY
him. “He also wanted me to go with you.”437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIajYfkUhRJ
“Father, you say?” He cautiously asked as he refused the offer, “I am afraid I will have437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQC2kkEaQtz
to doubt that. You see little one, I am not one with many friends, let alone associates.”437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ36YkS2BrjM
He then took a few steps back “No, you must be mistaken. But fret not, you may437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8NDLvSlNpH
accompany me back to my place, if you so wish of course. After all, it is not proper to437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRKh4xjiHvI
leave one so small and meek behind, especially in a place like this. Old Gorliochi over437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbeIWS0KI8O
there,” His eyes went straight towards that beast; this one was completely relaxed even437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlmJeHynSwP
if its jaws kept finding one thing or another to chew on, “he can easily carry the both437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlLIE2KdWJ0
of us for as long as necessary. He has been with me for many seasons now, lending a437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzyMgeF9No6
hand in the carrying of all sorts of things.”437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDjRo3NyMTj
He smiled, but it was a ruse that could not hope to work on the likes of one such as437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX2mNDn4I8h
me. “Like all sorts of flowers and fungi that I so often like to come and find in these437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZE6ZU5gqhE
parts... Or even -”437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2hX9tODPEX
“You are no mere flower picker or mushroom gatherer.” I said as I kept forcing that437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyKsfseimVQ
notebook onto him. “Go on, take it. You are the Thinker-Tinker, and you are meant437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEjjWHt8AoE
to read it.”437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfgPGFkQXB0
A short silence stood between the two of us ...437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcgY2F7fB8z
“Your father, who is he then?” He eventually asked, even if his interests appeared437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLLwvd6LTni
to be dwindling the more he was going through those notes and drawings, “I know437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVmf6M4x9Az
many of the names inscribed here.” He kept confessing, as he tipped his glasses just437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEbSCfbxBDZ
in time to prevent them from falling off his curved nose; and then he looked at me437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbq4xB4OrwL
with refulgent eyes: “Some of these people, they are in these drawings of yours as well!437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEL6G88mheI
And this man here; a Kharn. He is my friend. A dear one.”437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRaRkOWJcxf
“That is Father,” I said to his amazement ...437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSpJ448Lnff
A long pause took over his person.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgmxkCbzh0h
Many of his past fears but also promises came to haunt him, and without a437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRexQo12zx8
moment’s notice, his head became occupied with all sorts of questions and possibilities.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYWUrwGJplG
There were so many ´If ’s´ and ´Buts´ and ´What’s´ swirling in his mind - and in437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6LA4GtOSlz
the end all I heard him think to himself was: “This is likely to bring me quite the437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsbk5Ve2IqJ
unwanted trouble, but if there is any chance of truth to it, at all; of a real connection437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUljj9xMQOR
between this little one and that ol’ fool... What choice do I have?”437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHUxTvOM7NZ
“Who are you girl?” his eyes swelled up as he confronted me again, “and how did437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUkhJrDKPOO
you get your hands on all this?”437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1xzWBpsXiv
“As I said, all of it was wrought by my hand.”437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAsegVgt1bg
“You wrote...” His eyes travelled between note and drawing alike “all this?437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuz2xS3Wqjo
What made you do such a thing?” He asked with his eyes now trembling with437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2kaJi8PTBU
restlessness.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGlrkZt8ySg
“And then you will read it?”437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzOBK5BCSZC
“Oh, I most definitely will. The spark of curiosity has already been lit inside me.”437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfKKuhxMYF4
He then reassured me further, “My interest has already peaked way past the point of437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6hNtpfrham
arousal, don’t you worry.” And after he weighed all of it with both hands; “But I will437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4bKUFqzGbt
have to do so back at my place. You understand that this is quite a lot to go through?”437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrYhbv1k4QJ
“Quite,” I replied after I added a few extra notes I had on my person.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ66W30ErOsI
“Besides, I don’t have my reading glasses on me.” He added somewhat flippantly437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAyqcoK90Yr
“I mean why would I bring them; you know? It’s not like I get to meet little girls437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtX3uutxsrs
carrying tomes for me regularly.”437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeti8lOnZER
I nodded in concordance, and then he suggested we should make haste. Insisting, as437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm9hReu1fKz
we made our way to that beast, that I should tell him, or rather prepare him, for what437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9EcNLlvmU9
could be in store inside that notebook.437Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU9z7OX5fjT
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