“You do,” I assured him quite calmly. “That is why I am here.”786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIRYN440PzX
“How are you acquainted with any of them?” He asked quite seriously, and only786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRwDOTbrN5W
then did his eyes seem to notice my hair, which was blue all over except for its still786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGCI0XGcxny
black tips. “You’re quite the odd one.” He admitted, while he was far from what anyone786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0yQ1iCy9WE
would deem as ´normal´. “And I do not need my bigger glasses to see that.”786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo5yeXRlG49
“Here. This is for you,” I tried to hand him my big notebook, the one that had been786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYSrWIpuyVZ
resting safely beside me. Almost falling out of it was a whole compendium of drawings786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ74m9YtVFpm
and other poorly attached notes. “Father wanted you to have it.” I nudged it towards786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxOvO8pjaeZ
him. “He also wanted me to go with you.”786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡavY3bEquwk
“Father, you say?” He cautiously asked as he refused the offer, “I am afraid I will have786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGLCjj7lbEb
to doubt that. You see little one, I am not one with many friends, let alone associates.”786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpADCijGLtM
He then took a few steps back “No, you must be mistaken. But fret not, you may786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHsQJIgB4HJ
accompany me back to my place, if you so wish of course. After all, it is not proper to786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBXUFTppAsM
leave one so small and meek behind, especially in a place like this. Old Gorliochi over786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkl4nHWfEi9
there,” His eyes went straight towards that beast; this one was completely relaxed even786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQvKmeLPENQ
if its jaws kept finding one thing or another to chew on, “he can easily carry the both786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlVK1XtQ4ly
of us for as long as necessary. He has been with me for many seasons now, lending a786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ542O8Q9Y3M
hand in the carrying of all sorts of things.”786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4vIMSqLBQJ
He smiled, but it was a ruse that could not hope to work on the likes of one such as786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMhBvtSm6yN
me. “Like all sorts of flowers and fungi that I so often like to come and find in these786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDRiqK9aTlK
parts... Or even -”786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXhShZ6xcVM
“You are no mere flower picker or mushroom gatherer.” I said as I kept forcing that786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCgCYhrloBz
notebook onto him. “Go on, take it. You are the Thinker-Tinker, and you are meant786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtTXHG3LykH
to read it.”786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9v662BDVIR
A short silence stood between the two of us ...786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0w0nk1c5RC
“Your father, who is he then?” He eventually asked, even if his interests appeared786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ZeMqsb98F
to be dwindling the more he was going through those notes and drawings, “I know786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEeMdxixLF6
many of the names inscribed here.” He kept confessing, as he tipped his glasses just786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZEOu3pUIBV
in time to prevent them from falling off his curved nose; and then he looked at me786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoGRsU4USbI
with refulgent eyes: “Some of these people, they are in these drawings of yours as well!786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgWrPJl0W0P
And this man here; a Kharn. He is my friend. A dear one.”786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRkmBM7U7dd
“That is Father,” I said to his amazement ...786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG7gwAW3g9O
A long pause took over his person.786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIBuYs7XtKC
Many of his past fears but also promises came to haunt him, and without a786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVhjd3aNCcy
moment’s notice, his head became occupied with all sorts of questions and possibilities.786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkmN2SgSbCq
There were so many ´If ’s´ and ´Buts´ and ´What’s´ swirling in his mind - and in786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCBP2MzOhZ4
the end all I heard him think to himself was: “This is likely to bring me quite the786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5krEdnL2rv
unwanted trouble, but if there is any chance of truth to it, at all; of a real connection786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiOfqFAb3re
between this little one and that ol’ fool... What choice do I have?”786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBXqCLVZOP7
“Who are you girl?” his eyes swelled up as he confronted me again, “and how did786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjyl3KzNOm8
you get your hands on all this?”786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT4F8bOEys9
“As I said, all of it was wrought by my hand.”786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIFbBwnk5ee
“You wrote...” His eyes travelled between note and drawing alike “all this?786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjAi0wdng2n
What made you do such a thing?” He asked with his eyes now trembling with786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡga1yFg6FGw
restlessness.786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNrelk6I0gu
“And then you will read it?”786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyoWaL1qjhV
“Oh, I most definitely will. The spark of curiosity has already been lit inside me.”786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDR42UtPVIf
He then reassured me further, “My interest has already peaked way past the point of786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiiLtkWLN3b
arousal, don’t you worry.” And after he weighed all of it with both hands; “But I will786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4TmOT3iAky
have to do so back at my place. You understand that this is quite a lot to go through?”786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhXH9I5rRWL
“Quite,” I replied after I added a few extra notes I had on my person.786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWILLqSceD2
“Besides, I don’t have my reading glasses on me.” He added somewhat flippantly786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ53yq7G6oJF
“I mean why would I bring them; you know? It’s not like I get to meet little girls786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVS64DCQgI8
carrying tomes for me regularly.”786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgiiFqA5gke
I nodded in concordance, and then he suggested we should make haste. Insisting, as786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDBBizWgLzs
we made our way to that beast, that I should tell him, or rather prepare him, for what786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWjk5E4Fa98
could be in store inside that notebook.786Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh36jTuns0Q
and then Add to home screen.