
“You do,” I assured him quite calmly. “That is why I am here.”407Please respect copyright.PENANAnjSLWbBffr
“How are you acquainted with any of them?” He asked quite seriously, and only407Please respect copyright.PENANAeswR18kwK6
then did his eyes seem to notice my hair, which was blue all over except for its still407Please respect copyright.PENANAxRFRlGiWXa
black tips. “You’re quite the odd one.” He admitted, while he was far from what anyone407Please respect copyright.PENANAbpb7hmzUka
would deem as ´normal´. “And I do not need my bigger glasses to see that.”407Please respect copyright.PENANANtUQmF1tcK
“Here. This is for you,” I tried to hand him my big notebook, the one that had been407Please respect copyright.PENANA9Phvyz5Adv
resting safely beside me. Almost falling out of it was a whole compendium of drawings407Please respect copyright.PENANA8WmgU2Lpkp
and other poorly attached notes. “Father wanted you to have it.” I nudged it towards407Please respect copyright.PENANAYTc8PDWvfP
him. “He also wanted me to go with you.”407Please respect copyright.PENANAry8lLGdvHX
“Father, you say?” He cautiously asked as he refused the offer, “I am afraid I will have407Please respect copyright.PENANAJQN8Q76O2q
to doubt that. You see little one, I am not one with many friends, let alone associates.”407Please respect copyright.PENANAqNNCbrcL7h
He then took a few steps back “No, you must be mistaken. But fret not, you may407Please respect copyright.PENANAZLDYvLq59x
accompany me back to my place, if you so wish of course. After all, it is not proper to407Please respect copyright.PENANA606KEOAqpa
leave one so small and meek behind, especially in a place like this. Old Gorliochi over407Please respect copyright.PENANAyyVo4AzfXo
there,” His eyes went straight towards that beast; this one was completely relaxed even407Please respect copyright.PENANACKXNge2W6n
if its jaws kept finding one thing or another to chew on, “he can easily carry the both407Please respect copyright.PENANAkVp3LVNTUR
of us for as long as necessary. He has been with me for many seasons now, lending a407Please respect copyright.PENANAJXMwJlrFva
hand in the carrying of all sorts of things.”407Please respect copyright.PENANAd8FKTlUtfZ
He smiled, but it was a ruse that could not hope to work on the likes of one such as407Please respect copyright.PENANAbulcwQUUGh
me. “Like all sorts of flowers and fungi that I so often like to come and find in these407Please respect copyright.PENANAvk9QEUWsT8
parts... Or even -”407Please respect copyright.PENANART7TgcuWWU
“You are no mere flower picker or mushroom gatherer.” I said as I kept forcing that407Please respect copyright.PENANASD39jQoBHR
notebook onto him. “Go on, take it. You are the Thinker-Tinker, and you are meant407Please respect copyright.PENANAJWsq9FML9y
to read it.”407Please respect copyright.PENANA7FVDK4TWWQ
A short silence stood between the two of us ...407Please respect copyright.PENANAoozfszCcbp
“Your father, who is he then?” He eventually asked, even if his interests appeared407Please respect copyright.PENANAXAx81nJ68d
to be dwindling the more he was going through those notes and drawings, “I know407Please respect copyright.PENANAvtRty7KrVU
many of the names inscribed here.” He kept confessing, as he tipped his glasses just407Please respect copyright.PENANAu8nQCKXdkb
in time to prevent them from falling off his curved nose; and then he looked at me407Please respect copyright.PENANAdXOUMhmdQz
with refulgent eyes: “Some of these people, they are in these drawings of yours as well!407Please respect copyright.PENANAKgRtKSp88M
And this man here; a Kharn. He is my friend. A dear one.”407Please respect copyright.PENANAWVX9f84dpr
“That is Father,” I said to his amazement ...407Please respect copyright.PENANAMMP0qOFdg7
A long pause took over his person.407Please respect copyright.PENANA0TGRv3Ci3K
Many of his past fears but also promises came to haunt him, and without a407Please respect copyright.PENANAfkbgPpv8Te
moment’s notice, his head became occupied with all sorts of questions and possibilities.407Please respect copyright.PENANAxMJhuuAhVx
There were so many ´If ’s´ and ´Buts´ and ´What’s´ swirling in his mind - and in407Please respect copyright.PENANAchuGsvGpbD
the end all I heard him think to himself was: “This is likely to bring me quite the407Please respect copyright.PENANA1b0roJbE9p
unwanted trouble, but if there is any chance of truth to it, at all; of a real connection407Please respect copyright.PENANA7fqKFo3SVo
between this little one and that ol’ fool... What choice do I have?”407Please respect copyright.PENANA3JxlqSuGYL
“Who are you girl?” his eyes swelled up as he confronted me again, “and how did407Please respect copyright.PENANARux9C1m330
you get your hands on all this?”407Please respect copyright.PENANA51rQf3hFUz
“As I said, all of it was wrought by my hand.”407Please respect copyright.PENANAH2WHpZJ9Sx
“You wrote...” His eyes travelled between note and drawing alike “all this?407Please respect copyright.PENANAhA5Auz8SKC
What made you do such a thing?” He asked with his eyes now trembling with407Please respect copyright.PENANAdQnH6LySuP
restlessness.407Please respect copyright.PENANAVlmP2LHe09
“And then you will read it?”407Please respect copyright.PENANAl8CkLNgWUh
“Oh, I most definitely will. The spark of curiosity has already been lit inside me.”407Please respect copyright.PENANAi8nGn5e4Hk
He then reassured me further, “My interest has already peaked way past the point of407Please respect copyright.PENANAjK0HNPbfwR
arousal, don’t you worry.” And after he weighed all of it with both hands; “But I will407Please respect copyright.PENANA1LjidPpemY
have to do so back at my place. You understand that this is quite a lot to go through?”407Please respect copyright.PENANAwbIoWRMpUv
“Quite,” I replied after I added a few extra notes I had on my person.407Please respect copyright.PENANAtSmuvNNAhO
“Besides, I don’t have my reading glasses on me.” He added somewhat flippantly407Please respect copyright.PENANAoYhm3gIUqA
“I mean why would I bring them; you know? It’s not like I get to meet little girls407Please respect copyright.PENANAq8ZZXZTINP
carrying tomes for me regularly.”407Please respect copyright.PENANAvAgz27sNHZ
I nodded in concordance, and then he suggested we should make haste. Insisting, as407Please respect copyright.PENANAY5uHHe5xka
we made our way to that beast, that I should tell him, or rather prepare him, for what407Please respect copyright.PENANAgrzaE3t95q
could be in store inside that notebook.407Please respect copyright.PENANA5X1y9Ia6Vn