“You do,” I assured him quite calmly. “That is why I am here.”344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd0KAw7AFtr
“How are you acquainted with any of them?” He asked quite seriously, and only344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhud8PNAi54
then did his eyes seem to notice my hair, which was blue all over except for its still344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXKodFvH66Y
black tips. “You’re quite the odd one.” He admitted, while he was far from what anyone344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf9fQiw8bPv
would deem as ´normal´. “And I do not need my bigger glasses to see that.”344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ16aOsvrZD3
“Here. This is for you,” I tried to hand him my big notebook, the one that had been344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHMOvUDzces
resting safely beside me. Almost falling out of it was a whole compendium of drawings344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ08MHpGkX2A
and other poorly attached notes. “Father wanted you to have it.” I nudged it towards344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡluIjc2AMqx
him. “He also wanted me to go with you.”344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnANXLl3k8j
“Father, you say?” He cautiously asked as he refused the offer, “I am afraid I will have344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs3TUQ12IGT
to doubt that. You see little one, I am not one with many friends, let alone associates.”344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYnlm7unUTX
He then took a few steps back “No, you must be mistaken. But fret not, you may344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ44KCo2C9eh
accompany me back to my place, if you so wish of course. After all, it is not proper to344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZdylz8pi98
leave one so small and meek behind, especially in a place like this. Old Gorliochi over344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXSGM9RlCJb
there,” His eyes went straight towards that beast; this one was completely relaxed even344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6tPCUmbQ4e
if its jaws kept finding one thing or another to chew on, “he can easily carry the both344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP4Jw14TD3l
of us for as long as necessary. He has been with me for many seasons now, lending a344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF6JdiiHFP4
hand in the carrying of all sorts of things.”344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡere6te9mIw
He smiled, but it was a ruse that could not hope to work on the likes of one such as344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJOja8sBXNS
me. “Like all sorts of flowers and fungi that I so often like to come and find in these344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRLJzn86j4v
parts... Or even -”344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUzxGGldsvd
“You are no mere flower picker or mushroom gatherer.” I said as I kept forcing that344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Hni2aSYuZ
notebook onto him. “Go on, take it. You are the Thinker-Tinker, and you are meant344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNjnJR4WNXg
to read it.”344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeczcMZg3Oc
A short silence stood between the two of us ...344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3CDNSFNlYB
“Your father, who is he then?” He eventually asked, even if his interests appeared344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzBSfYLfml2
to be dwindling the more he was going through those notes and drawings, “I know344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMQFoCZ0mHj
many of the names inscribed here.” He kept confessing, as he tipped his glasses just344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡghkRnFkC3T
in time to prevent them from falling off his curved nose; and then he looked at me344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJctrQ3ZowV
with refulgent eyes: “Some of these people, they are in these drawings of yours as well!344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO29Mpi0cAj
And this man here; a Kharn. He is my friend. A dear one.”344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqVZi9xaPxv
“That is Father,” I said to his amazement ...344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWZhikZ7RS5
A long pause took over his person.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQkvlB9RlJq
Many of his past fears but also promises came to haunt him, and without a344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3nRu9G6xuh
moment’s notice, his head became occupied with all sorts of questions and possibilities.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPOMtrs57KM
There were so many ´If ’s´ and ´Buts´ and ´What’s´ swirling in his mind - and in344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiIRpIDoRVl
the end all I heard him think to himself was: “This is likely to bring me quite the344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYWRqEBJ2Vq
unwanted trouble, but if there is any chance of truth to it, at all; of a real connection344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRc2yUKnNAJ
between this little one and that ol’ fool... What choice do I have?”344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw1FH8Y6zHr
“Who are you girl?” his eyes swelled up as he confronted me again, “and how did344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgok55lQWnn
you get your hands on all this?”344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ13G4wXsFpP
“As I said, all of it was wrought by my hand.”344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM5d9l1b6CI
“You wrote...” His eyes travelled between note and drawing alike “all this?344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ16Dro6GBZT
What made you do such a thing?” He asked with his eyes now trembling with344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWI3P8hZQre
restlessness.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9piThvDPRn
“And then you will read it?”344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzYLScqZUNi
“Oh, I most definitely will. The spark of curiosity has already been lit inside me.”344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPCw0H0R5dV
He then reassured me further, “My interest has already peaked way past the point of344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj2WH3dbCJm
arousal, don’t you worry.” And after he weighed all of it with both hands; “But I will344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCTNNMiEmLO
have to do so back at my place. You understand that this is quite a lot to go through?”344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8PTMsOAetj
“Quite,” I replied after I added a few extra notes I had on my person.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpyER9Ipbhz
“Besides, I don’t have my reading glasses on me.” He added somewhat flippantly344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWhFU9wLfUO
“I mean why would I bring them; you know? It’s not like I get to meet little girls344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuFqpqMJbX3
carrying tomes for me regularly.”344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTv0QyCNEne
I nodded in concordance, and then he suggested we should make haste. Insisting, as344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRs7CKII9v3
we made our way to that beast, that I should tell him, or rather prepare him, for what344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpdjFOZFjNa
could be in store inside that notebook.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd6ECDaeVH4
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