“You do,” I assured him quite calmly. “That is why I am here.”379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbGG7mdjC1r
“How are you acquainted with any of them?” He asked quite seriously, and only379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjdrWXpD4Ip
then did his eyes seem to notice my hair, which was blue all over except for its still379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiAPNNA5ECB
black tips. “You’re quite the odd one.” He admitted, while he was far from what anyone379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeS6ZYCRSEU
would deem as ´normal´. “And I do not need my bigger glasses to see that.”379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6A2gUSlNI0
“Here. This is for you,” I tried to hand him my big notebook, the one that had been379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbgiLkVmo68
resting safely beside me. Almost falling out of it was a whole compendium of drawings379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9rwlo9JXKE
and other poorly attached notes. “Father wanted you to have it.” I nudged it towards379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgZ7ZevcAw4
him. “He also wanted me to go with you.”379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYzoFPKHTrS
“Father, you say?” He cautiously asked as he refused the offer, “I am afraid I will have379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSU1BYKdU72
to doubt that. You see little one, I am not one with many friends, let alone associates.”379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCkmWfDFZoS
He then took a few steps back “No, you must be mistaken. But fret not, you may379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgT7RIQyPdC
accompany me back to my place, if you so wish of course. After all, it is not proper to379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi9ODub0gQu
leave one so small and meek behind, especially in a place like this. Old Gorliochi over379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtVsE5eakCg
there,” His eyes went straight towards that beast; this one was completely relaxed even379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFtMUGrhU22
if its jaws kept finding one thing or another to chew on, “he can easily carry the both379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOSzcBARWro
of us for as long as necessary. He has been with me for many seasons now, lending a379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG9sxhLYDCT
hand in the carrying of all sorts of things.”379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzcMiXzAJh0
He smiled, but it was a ruse that could not hope to work on the likes of one such as379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA7YNp6Vf4d
me. “Like all sorts of flowers and fungi that I so often like to come and find in these379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM6rV5vcAaE
parts... Or even -”379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ7nhV7x1Qz
“You are no mere flower picker or mushroom gatherer.” I said as I kept forcing that379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH78Tqp5Uct
notebook onto him. “Go on, take it. You are the Thinker-Tinker, and you are meant379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡew9GyglSZ5
to read it.”379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6TbJordr7G
A short silence stood between the two of us ...379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡozfexLNahj
“Your father, who is he then?” He eventually asked, even if his interests appeared379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7FpD0fjbvo
to be dwindling the more he was going through those notes and drawings, “I know379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGpGQkcPiNJ
many of the names inscribed here.” He kept confessing, as he tipped his glasses just379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs5vUX7BKyc
in time to prevent them from falling off his curved nose; and then he looked at me379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1dhg4DdnGZ
with refulgent eyes: “Some of these people, they are in these drawings of yours as well!379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhzy8raJASq
And this man here; a Kharn. He is my friend. A dear one.”379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA2VHjUguKp
“That is Father,” I said to his amazement ...379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoQzRObYBQy
A long pause took over his person.379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkW5pzoOpIB
Many of his past fears but also promises came to haunt him, and without a379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiRTmcPpDtk
moment’s notice, his head became occupied with all sorts of questions and possibilities.379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0D5Xs7Ejj7
There were so many ´If ’s´ and ´Buts´ and ´What’s´ swirling in his mind - and in379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2vi6PfXDIQ
the end all I heard him think to himself was: “This is likely to bring me quite the379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ezEZxM2ZJ
unwanted trouble, but if there is any chance of truth to it, at all; of a real connection379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuEZ7XbSbwz
between this little one and that ol’ fool... What choice do I have?”379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI3IMVJK4ed
“Who are you girl?” his eyes swelled up as he confronted me again, “and how did379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2ScQQnUIxX
you get your hands on all this?”379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNo5xNbzsMT
“As I said, all of it was wrought by my hand.”379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuOB5eR9E1X
“You wrote...” His eyes travelled between note and drawing alike “all this?379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUxt8hWy9s9
What made you do such a thing?” He asked with his eyes now trembling with379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTUZdNagBY2
restlessness.379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyZcZp7W37E
“And then you will read it?”379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5mL8ZVx1hr
“Oh, I most definitely will. The spark of curiosity has already been lit inside me.”379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH7p8uFHmun
He then reassured me further, “My interest has already peaked way past the point of379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ8bA5dhSzg
arousal, don’t you worry.” And after he weighed all of it with both hands; “But I will379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7GIj1XR7Bb
have to do so back at my place. You understand that this is quite a lot to go through?”379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ11H9GyKH8Q
“Quite,” I replied after I added a few extra notes I had on my person.379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvcf2j6ZbF5
“Besides, I don’t have my reading glasses on me.” He added somewhat flippantly379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvHOOAUYOHc
“I mean why would I bring them; you know? It’s not like I get to meet little girls379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkLovv2fdhB
carrying tomes for me regularly.”379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1jlCnaln4j
I nodded in concordance, and then he suggested we should make haste. Insisting, as379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4fJAH83FeQ
we made our way to that beast, that I should tell him, or rather prepare him, for what379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkMr7Jio8YO
could be in store inside that notebook.379Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK2e9kZANF0
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