“You do,” I assured him quite calmly. “That is why I am here.”355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtF4DBe85nd
“How are you acquainted with any of them?” He asked quite seriously, and only355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO5ZfrJsAsa
then did his eyes seem to notice my hair, which was blue all over except for its still355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi8woQmL2QD
black tips. “You’re quite the odd one.” He admitted, while he was far from what anyone355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnHY0JWXoGG
would deem as ´normal´. “And I do not need my bigger glasses to see that.”355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyg1XSVMv8p
“Here. This is for you,” I tried to hand him my big notebook, the one that had been355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhRRmYkvAFt
resting safely beside me. Almost falling out of it was a whole compendium of drawings355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL3YmNLFaFk
and other poorly attached notes. “Father wanted you to have it.” I nudged it towards355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKA4uerZTAM
him. “He also wanted me to go with you.”355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD3lX5o86xD
“Father, you say?” He cautiously asked as he refused the offer, “I am afraid I will have355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNnYnHmW3pC
to doubt that. You see little one, I am not one with many friends, let alone associates.”355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1jIx1E9PqH
He then took a few steps back “No, you must be mistaken. But fret not, you may355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ1NctPadJ0
accompany me back to my place, if you so wish of course. After all, it is not proper to355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMvKDbhdHYZ
leave one so small and meek behind, especially in a place like this. Old Gorliochi over355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlOtrNEVbhE
there,” His eyes went straight towards that beast; this one was completely relaxed even355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQvlVKJ0VLW
if its jaws kept finding one thing or another to chew on, “he can easily carry the both355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQd9D9PQtGv
of us for as long as necessary. He has been with me for many seasons now, lending a355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlimr2BD4jn
hand in the carrying of all sorts of things.”355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkZZrJQgiI7
He smiled, but it was a ruse that could not hope to work on the likes of one such as355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvNfJcggvJD
me. “Like all sorts of flowers and fungi that I so often like to come and find in these355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbkTcmAFqiS
parts... Or even -”355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRYZpsKJzrr
“You are no mere flower picker or mushroom gatherer.” I said as I kept forcing that355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC4EbMk8niJ
notebook onto him. “Go on, take it. You are the Thinker-Tinker, and you are meant355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡciZL9xvARl
to read it.”355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxJMSGSocPy
A short silence stood between the two of us ...355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlAqaH7mxOf
“Your father, who is he then?” He eventually asked, even if his interests appeared355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUM4UDqgUcj
to be dwindling the more he was going through those notes and drawings, “I know355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy2qy7QnTA9
many of the names inscribed here.” He kept confessing, as he tipped his glasses just355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeAExivSKF1
in time to prevent them from falling off his curved nose; and then he looked at me355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMRGALeWt43
with refulgent eyes: “Some of these people, they are in these drawings of yours as well!355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXWe5hPw4c6
And this man here; a Kharn. He is my friend. A dear one.”355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF1OasAGFNE
“That is Father,” I said to his amazement ...355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2x8beb6yTW
A long pause took over his person.355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA2d1k02Cc4
Many of his past fears but also promises came to haunt him, and without a355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9o8dWao7Lo
moment’s notice, his head became occupied with all sorts of questions and possibilities.355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC6mo956jj7
There were so many ´If ’s´ and ´Buts´ and ´What’s´ swirling in his mind - and in355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjvqJlMahCh
the end all I heard him think to himself was: “This is likely to bring me quite the355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJgZChVAqMW
unwanted trouble, but if there is any chance of truth to it, at all; of a real connection355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKZ0WzPHMoM
between this little one and that ol’ fool... What choice do I have?”355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS1v5W9asN0
“Who are you girl?” his eyes swelled up as he confronted me again, “and how did355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo5gH72r5QF
you get your hands on all this?”355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡira3oAuPeK
“As I said, all of it was wrought by my hand.”355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnw9PqVG8jm
“You wrote...” His eyes travelled between note and drawing alike “all this?355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjpYwr3AYOa
What made you do such a thing?” He asked with his eyes now trembling with355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHSzrNqX3fX
restlessness.355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGel7ZTtdFw
“And then you will read it?”355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0FfAwS4p5r
“Oh, I most definitely will. The spark of curiosity has already been lit inside me.”355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLd5emtJd6s
He then reassured me further, “My interest has already peaked way past the point of355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC1sA0yeSvD
arousal, don’t you worry.” And after he weighed all of it with both hands; “But I will355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhXEIxLXzFv
have to do so back at my place. You understand that this is quite a lot to go through?”355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1fZMm9N1ph
“Quite,” I replied after I added a few extra notes I had on my person.355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4pqYZ1MYGA
“Besides, I don’t have my reading glasses on me.” He added somewhat flippantly355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOoNFD4hoGc
“I mean why would I bring them; you know? It’s not like I get to meet little girls355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ85VPPkEKrh
carrying tomes for me regularly.”355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡosduxIksPR
I nodded in concordance, and then he suggested we should make haste. Insisting, as355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiIcwLa2SEr
we made our way to that beast, that I should tell him, or rather prepare him, for what355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRtI10IptDV
could be in store inside that notebook.355Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQVOALMmIxp
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