“You do,” I assured him quite calmly. “That is why I am here.”282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Xg67CCOXv
“How are you acquainted with any of them?” He asked quite seriously, and only282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOpODC9RBG7
then did his eyes seem to notice my hair, which was blue all over except for its still282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEwLmpC1aEd
black tips. “You’re quite the odd one.” He admitted, while he was far from what anyone282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEQEnBqR6z2
would deem as ´normal´. “And I do not need my bigger glasses to see that.”282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMd48gWwi8s
“Here. This is for you,” I tried to hand him my big notebook, the one that had been282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNd3zrQaAff
resting safely beside me. Almost falling out of it was a whole compendium of drawings282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡozQzMfFQFB
and other poorly attached notes. “Father wanted you to have it.” I nudged it towards282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4lr9ne1bvb
him. “He also wanted me to go with you.”282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCATTp5cjcE
“Father, you say?” He cautiously asked as he refused the offer, “I am afraid I will have282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsMTJihgAQQ
to doubt that. You see little one, I am not one with many friends, let alone associates.”282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZa9n41d7Hi
He then took a few steps back “No, you must be mistaken. But fret not, you may282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR7n6BhzT8D
accompany me back to my place, if you so wish of course. After all, it is not proper to282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSK0f68Uec1
leave one so small and meek behind, especially in a place like this. Old Gorliochi over282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz1vBu3galI
there,” His eyes went straight towards that beast; this one was completely relaxed even282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE0CEoB3XWD
if its jaws kept finding one thing or another to chew on, “he can easily carry the both282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCHlPgR5BO5
of us for as long as necessary. He has been with me for many seasons now, lending a282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEqOlVDZwbU
hand in the carrying of all sorts of things.”282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfnVBh90i6F
He smiled, but it was a ruse that could not hope to work on the likes of one such as282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIUxQ6aIrFt
me. “Like all sorts of flowers and fungi that I so often like to come and find in these282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJqpLtkPcOE
parts... Or even -”282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsQ1Jr0HFY4
“You are no mere flower picker or mushroom gatherer.” I said as I kept forcing that282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZZYMS4tmfb
notebook onto him. “Go on, take it. You are the Thinker-Tinker, and you are meant282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdidZ1kYgb4
to read it.”282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc7wTlekSoC
A short silence stood between the two of us ...282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaIrAYK5Aeu
“Your father, who is he then?” He eventually asked, even if his interests appeared282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKDRq5G16AH
to be dwindling the more he was going through those notes and drawings, “I know282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS7HlhYMyyJ
many of the names inscribed here.” He kept confessing, as he tipped his glasses just282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEPuddPdiHa
in time to prevent them from falling off his curved nose; and then he looked at me282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡADSNiQT9DQ
with refulgent eyes: “Some of these people, they are in these drawings of yours as well!282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOXEd47cook
And this man here; a Kharn. He is my friend. A dear one.”282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz3w2PIJVWO
“That is Father,” I said to his amazement ...282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQypAblcTnj
A long pause took over his person.282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw8bTxMjKnZ
Many of his past fears but also promises came to haunt him, and without a282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOuPKMw0ry2
moment’s notice, his head became occupied with all sorts of questions and possibilities.282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV1LUwJsqHd
There were so many ´If ’s´ and ´Buts´ and ´What’s´ swirling in his mind - and in282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6KjC1O1IYy
the end all I heard him think to himself was: “This is likely to bring me quite the282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYLa3VyvCDz
unwanted trouble, but if there is any chance of truth to it, at all; of a real connection282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkCLLvownMi
between this little one and that ol’ fool... What choice do I have?”282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡepB6AQg7i7
“Who are you girl?” his eyes swelled up as he confronted me again, “and how did282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxzJLVUb98n
you get your hands on all this?”282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHX4yZcErGK
“As I said, all of it was wrought by my hand.”282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXIrCrq9nIf
“You wrote...” His eyes travelled between note and drawing alike “all this?282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnAD3NPV2ml
What made you do such a thing?” He asked with his eyes now trembling with282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYPGjqt3SXf
restlessness.282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGO3MYglUSh
“And then you will read it?”282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDaBmvpru13
“Oh, I most definitely will. The spark of curiosity has already been lit inside me.”282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFoc0UT34Bn
He then reassured me further, “My interest has already peaked way past the point of282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqcIGRaoCw6
arousal, don’t you worry.” And after he weighed all of it with both hands; “But I will282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsuYkxbXO4W
have to do so back at my place. You understand that this is quite a lot to go through?”282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbtsI0GuB9g
“Quite,” I replied after I added a few extra notes I had on my person.282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Ayypx5Dio
“Besides, I don’t have my reading glasses on me.” He added somewhat flippantly282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ34dkl550Xs
“I mean why would I bring them; you know? It’s not like I get to meet little girls282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxVg4sJjTyh
carrying tomes for me regularly.”282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCM2fq4Olzw
I nodded in concordance, and then he suggested we should make haste. Insisting, as282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4paMkpaNyS
we made our way to that beast, that I should tell him, or rather prepare him, for what282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ42apomxUaG
could be in store inside that notebook.282Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgrywaQ4BYu
and then Add to home screen.