“You do,” I assured him quite calmly. “That is why I am here.”328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd14qXUiY5I
“How are you acquainted with any of them?” He asked quite seriously, and only328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡERUl2fVZG7
then did his eyes seem to notice my hair, which was blue all over except for its still328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHl6Ggx9jri
black tips. “You’re quite the odd one.” He admitted, while he was far from what anyone328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ41qHKhxGhX
would deem as ´normal´. “And I do not need my bigger glasses to see that.”328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeDcu3bMwcq
“Here. This is for you,” I tried to hand him my big notebook, the one that had been328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡagtlpA1Fa8
resting safely beside me. Almost falling out of it was a whole compendium of drawings328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIywSz6jADt
and other poorly attached notes. “Father wanted you to have it.” I nudged it towards328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQJdTjBlice
him. “He also wanted me to go with you.”328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡef2lKiS6Rl
“Father, you say?” He cautiously asked as he refused the offer, “I am afraid I will have328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6fgwvsB88I
to doubt that. You see little one, I am not one with many friends, let alone associates.”328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN6hKYg7Bmv
He then took a few steps back “No, you must be mistaken. But fret not, you may328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTe0BqscifH
accompany me back to my place, if you so wish of course. After all, it is not proper to328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC9bADEAQS8
leave one so small and meek behind, especially in a place like this. Old Gorliochi over328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi3h2UxJ88j
there,” His eyes went straight towards that beast; this one was completely relaxed even328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1nMs8kJgTj
if its jaws kept finding one thing or another to chew on, “he can easily carry the both328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp8KySuHfKB
of us for as long as necessary. He has been with me for many seasons now, lending a328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmf4UjDgG8C
hand in the carrying of all sorts of things.”328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqHRTmIciMU
He smiled, but it was a ruse that could not hope to work on the likes of one such as328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnRHqVJ9CVC
me. “Like all sorts of flowers and fungi that I so often like to come and find in these328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡghNs8Gsxwj
parts... Or even -”328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6zPIVU34vF
“You are no mere flower picker or mushroom gatherer.” I said as I kept forcing that328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxfdqG0rLOD
notebook onto him. “Go on, take it. You are the Thinker-Tinker, and you are meant328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTeqX18aFeZ
to read it.”328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEghK8mG7w0
A short silence stood between the two of us ...328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFgNUHLrhJd
“Your father, who is he then?” He eventually asked, even if his interests appeared328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqi1oxphxFK
to be dwindling the more he was going through those notes and drawings, “I know328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsRQ3FrHCqp
many of the names inscribed here.” He kept confessing, as he tipped his glasses just328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsLP0BEFcwS
in time to prevent them from falling off his curved nose; and then he looked at me328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Ad9jZpMFL
with refulgent eyes: “Some of these people, they are in these drawings of yours as well!328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZqSutsuhjs
And this man here; a Kharn. He is my friend. A dear one.”328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZIH1hvoO8Y
“That is Father,” I said to his amazement ...328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC0Ym45RCRm
A long pause took over his person.328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVNAIvisQPh
Many of his past fears but also promises came to haunt him, and without a328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuFJ7DQASMN
moment’s notice, his head became occupied with all sorts of questions and possibilities.328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNr4trukusM
There were so many ´If ’s´ and ´Buts´ and ´What’s´ swirling in his mind - and in328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRxhads1xTb
the end all I heard him think to himself was: “This is likely to bring me quite the328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlv0AGaTmiD
unwanted trouble, but if there is any chance of truth to it, at all; of a real connection328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoJdz4NYzMT
between this little one and that ol’ fool... What choice do I have?”328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWYZMCA57jJ
“Who are you girl?” his eyes swelled up as he confronted me again, “and how did328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgibkastJq7
you get your hands on all this?”328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ3Buc7NVy7
“As I said, all of it was wrought by my hand.”328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeDiUHV0OwL
“You wrote...” His eyes travelled between note and drawing alike “all this?328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsyRBD85nXc
What made you do such a thing?” He asked with his eyes now trembling with328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxu8BbYwY1B
restlessness.328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUhhYj6tdl7
“And then you will read it?”328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRxc4VGg7lF
“Oh, I most definitely will. The spark of curiosity has already been lit inside me.”328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtUvOee7SDE
He then reassured me further, “My interest has already peaked way past the point of328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡACD6GAQjjn
arousal, don’t you worry.” And after he weighed all of it with both hands; “But I will328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYWS3wIB4lR
have to do so back at my place. You understand that this is quite a lot to go through?”328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOUTlUnQlfm
“Quite,” I replied after I added a few extra notes I had on my person.328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBdJu6QqA14
“Besides, I don’t have my reading glasses on me.” He added somewhat flippantly328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd0V3onzs3N
“I mean why would I bring them; you know? It’s not like I get to meet little girls328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ64T0S9p5BY
carrying tomes for me regularly.”328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHDEf3as6x0
I nodded in concordance, and then he suggested we should make haste. Insisting, as328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrr8AvHb5qK
we made our way to that beast, that I should tell him, or rather prepare him, for what328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDkcAlWqhxg
could be in store inside that notebook.328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeymeNXR6H3
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