“You do,” I assured him quite calmly. “That is why I am here.”346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjMYv0zj0np
“How are you acquainted with any of them?” He asked quite seriously, and only346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFZgaTaeSBD
then did his eyes seem to notice my hair, which was blue all over except for its still346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfQ7CwzOgna
black tips. “You’re quite the odd one.” He admitted, while he was far from what anyone346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSgcKbdrOoC
would deem as ´normal´. “And I do not need my bigger glasses to see that.”346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJGI056P8Xu
“Here. This is for you,” I tried to hand him my big notebook, the one that had been346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwZLMtSPPPQ
resting safely beside me. Almost falling out of it was a whole compendium of drawings346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4rvJAcGLft
and other poorly attached notes. “Father wanted you to have it.” I nudged it towards346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLIRiAq8OeQ
him. “He also wanted me to go with you.”346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡae9ubDavcz
“Father, you say?” He cautiously asked as he refused the offer, “I am afraid I will have346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz6ye5Nq7aY
to doubt that. You see little one, I am not one with many friends, let alone associates.”346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1YXuQ2Co38
He then took a few steps back “No, you must be mistaken. But fret not, you may346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡat1pLxGwkr
accompany me back to my place, if you so wish of course. After all, it is not proper to346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN5z5FmL7Ne
leave one so small and meek behind, especially in a place like this. Old Gorliochi over346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2DmExQfiNR
there,” His eyes went straight towards that beast; this one was completely relaxed even346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC1WZQAShZC
if its jaws kept finding one thing or another to chew on, “he can easily carry the both346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMjm7mhKdZp
of us for as long as necessary. He has been with me for many seasons now, lending a346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJboWKU5fCz
hand in the carrying of all sorts of things.”346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSaTyC7ypKL
He smiled, but it was a ruse that could not hope to work on the likes of one such as346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLVqq5Kfpvs
me. “Like all sorts of flowers and fungi that I so often like to come and find in these346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDrL16HOadQ
parts... Or even -”346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMYIp7Obtoe
“You are no mere flower picker or mushroom gatherer.” I said as I kept forcing that346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwIC4tRQPBP
notebook onto him. “Go on, take it. You are the Thinker-Tinker, and you are meant346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡriXn9S1rNI
to read it.”346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4N5lOc8hgc
A short silence stood between the two of us ...346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5iFg4nhuar
“Your father, who is he then?” He eventually asked, even if his interests appeared346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNuNSIXqXJh
to be dwindling the more he was going through those notes and drawings, “I know346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxNY52qglj7
many of the names inscribed here.” He kept confessing, as he tipped his glasses just346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMX2vm4z3rT
in time to prevent them from falling off his curved nose; and then he looked at me346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZVnvAtIBhW
with refulgent eyes: “Some of these people, they are in these drawings of yours as well!346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF6uy4UPfex
And this man here; a Kharn. He is my friend. A dear one.”346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR3QZ78IeSt
“That is Father,” I said to his amazement ...346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBbcfmxSGAh
A long pause took over his person.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTu6DaTF3ah
Many of his past fears but also promises came to haunt him, and without a346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd4nLPA89wx
moment’s notice, his head became occupied with all sorts of questions and possibilities.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCvv1KAGNU3
There were so many ´If ’s´ and ´Buts´ and ´What’s´ swirling in his mind - and in346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU9MU1Oa0NN
the end all I heard him think to himself was: “This is likely to bring me quite the346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX81rjd3UtX
unwanted trouble, but if there is any chance of truth to it, at all; of a real connection346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG5jHIHkwdu
between this little one and that ol’ fool... What choice do I have?”346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkR5yC4Gg3i
“Who are you girl?” his eyes swelled up as he confronted me again, “and how did346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtbVVD1BaVV
you get your hands on all this?”346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeapsBN1Qg5
“As I said, all of it was wrought by my hand.”346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjzPEA5hm1J
“You wrote...” His eyes travelled between note and drawing alike “all this?346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQw0gkxpjl0
What made you do such a thing?” He asked with his eyes now trembling with346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBdk5GvVVZt
restlessness.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPFbC9ijQZ0
“And then you will read it?”346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpOIvVzKBm3
“Oh, I most definitely will. The spark of curiosity has already been lit inside me.”346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDqDRH97qzi
He then reassured me further, “My interest has already peaked way past the point of346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn2ElWGnHN1
arousal, don’t you worry.” And after he weighed all of it with both hands; “But I will346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMXa2qtXOss
have to do so back at my place. You understand that this is quite a lot to go through?”346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ5Q8jQolP2
“Quite,” I replied after I added a few extra notes I had on my person.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡswf798h13j
“Besides, I don’t have my reading glasses on me.” He added somewhat flippantly346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnLwptTH0fZ
“I mean why would I bring them; you know? It’s not like I get to meet little girls346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUX6VTiWlxv
carrying tomes for me regularly.”346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwzdwRdDFPl
I nodded in concordance, and then he suggested we should make haste. Insisting, as346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfLBcDenWOc
we made our way to that beast, that I should tell him, or rather prepare him, for what346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHkQ2mLpKRF
could be in store inside that notebook.346Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrruNnTkMRV
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