
Asking me in all sorts of ways, but repeatedly nonetheless, who I was or what reason316Please respect copyright.PENANAt12lAnXnnj
could I have to write such things. And after he untied the now even less threatening316Please respect copyright.PENANATU3SudCiR7
beast of burden, he helped me find my place on top of its generous back.316Please respect copyright.PENANAsYjYBHH5Lp
He then went around it, patting its massive head as he passed quite comfortably in316Please respect copyright.PENANAraIgwvAqz0
front of it; and then he too took his place to my left.316Please respect copyright.PENANAcNAkXTLGBI
Now, with the both of us sitting side by side and ready to go, he smiled at me316Please respect copyright.PENANAS2O6vZg2KZ
through the corner of his mouth before shouting for our advance. But the one he316Please respect copyright.PENANAr3Ne66DfD4
called ´Gorliochi´ merely let out a howl of sorts... “Quit your blubbering.” He then316Please respect copyright.PENANAIA0tx03amG
began to pull those reins on the big beast’s neck repeatedly until finally, the beast316Please respect copyright.PENANAbOJE3bGa1l
began to move... “There we go. By the way, you pay no heed to these misbehaviours,316Please respect copyright.PENANAwbZ5sjubJl
alright? Ol’ Gorli here likes to act a bit lazy these days.”316Please respect copyright.PENANAk7YDvFl5QF
“I have never seen such a creature.”316Please respect copyright.PENANAo9SbiX3g8M
“Yeah,” He let out a sad and drawn-out confirmation, “There are not many like him316Please respect copyright.PENANAUzzhnCtsGv
around anymore. Frankly, I would be surprised if we ever encounter another one of his316Please respect copyright.PENANAr1xIGUDigV
kind.” He looked at me and then threw half a smile through the right corner of his316Please respect copyright.PENANA9FDu7LeQne
mouth; “Now, why don’t you start by telling me what made you write such a thing?316Please respect copyright.PENANAzN933Zz3xx
And more importantly: what is your real connection to that old fool? You know, he316Please respect copyright.PENANA9v12rYj44s
and I; we have been friends for the longest time girl, and I even spoke to him just316Please respect copyright.PENANAEWFl5ncZUy
recently.” He threw a quick look my way, obviously trying to fish for any kind of316Please respect copyright.PENANATeZjHMFWlj
reaction; “And he has never mentioned a single word about any plans for an adoption.”316Please respect copyright.PENANAUPYxLqrPWc
“I am not that used to talking...” I warned, “what I mean is: I have not done it with316Please respect copyright.PENANAiekjJnD7HP
that many people yet so, I might - how you say - run off at the mouth.”316Please respect copyright.PENANAZsk1Ay8XVg
“Oh? Well then,” he explained through another crooked smile; one that revealed316Please respect copyright.PENANA9pcAOBT0yj
how few teeth he still had left, and also how big his gums were, “You can be at ease316Please respect copyright.PENANAvsHI4NUPRA
since I am not that used to listening myself. “Besides,” he continued, “We still have316Please respect copyright.PENANAUCbnaX8Kym
ways to go, and nothing to do for the whole way but talk to each other. You just go316Please respect copyright.PENANADfX31OQ9ft
on for as much as you like without a worry. I am sure no word will feel unwarranted.”316Please respect copyright.PENANAC6dqVcHA0O
“Alright,” I replied nervously, but also thankfully. “I guess it would be better if I just316Please respect copyright.PENANANYWUZymPP0
went back to the beginning; to the very first time I opened my eyes...”316Please respect copyright.PENANA800MzVMlTw
“...” He threw me a look of disbelief, but after that initial scepticism, not once did316Please respect copyright.PENANAxK8wGuiT9o
he dare to interrupt me again. Not until I was done with that longest of replies, and316Please respect copyright.PENANAiidhZreXuw
by then, we would already be making ourselves comfortable inside his most peculiar316Please respect copyright.PENANAhhLZkJSdi4
household...316Please respect copyright.PENANAAXJE7uPUSW
“...I slowly opened my eyes, like I had done so many times before, but still, they316Please respect copyright.PENANAs0nFqnNb0X
could not trespass that pitch-black. It seemed that yet again I was to be frustrated by316Please respect copyright.PENANAHiwJOxEMCg
blindness, and darkness was to remain as my only company. How long had it been316Please respect copyright.PENANAK7xfnZrcCf
since I first regained consciousness? How much time had already been stolen from316Please respect copyright.PENANAlI2ERSh4Q7
me? To seemingly punish me even further; I was to endure it all while strapped to a316Please respect copyright.PENANAWHYPE7cCw8
bed and surrounded by all sorts of sounds and smells that only increased my curiosity,316Please respect copyright.PENANAECISDCPRXm
only fuelled my already immeasurable desire to see - what a sentence. Another kind of316Please respect copyright.PENANAg5ygAL2Tfx
darkness then swept over me as the shadows of frustration and anger began curving all316Please respect copyright.PENANAQuVbE8bzup
around my mind, slowly turning into large black circles of depression.316Please respect copyright.PENANAn3FYOYvflO
And then my body began telling what I could not: my fists clenched involuntarily316Please respect copyright.PENANA9F5OSoTl6P
as my tiny arms trembled, my entire strapped body began to twitch and turn316Please respect copyright.PENANAJRjNfai8QO
whichever way, and shortly after my teeth too were showing eagerness in joining316Please respect copyright.PENANAksYjlGlsrW
that demonstration. I wanted to shout, to scream, to expel all that I was feeling, but316Please respect copyright.PENANAR9D3rskWxF
before my mouth could make its first echo, I began noticing that this time it would316Please respect copyright.PENANARcu99AhLRy
be different. The darkness that had always been there in front of me, no matter how316Please respect copyright.PENANArHe6XTqWXV
much my eyes would widen, began to dissipate and those feelings with it; slowly, they316Please respect copyright.PENANAaeMAlHDv48
all faded until other doings began to take over.316Please respect copyright.PENANAlYiUQQ9TCS
I began moving my head as much as those restraints would allow, and as soon as316Please respect copyright.PENANAXmdXAjr87Y
most of that blurriness left me, I found myself laying down in a poorly lit room.316Please respect copyright.PENANA0em1YThTyg
All sorts of machinery scattered about, there were also other beds like the one I was316Please respect copyright.PENANABDYc97N7OM
laying on, most of them empty but a few with others like me. I knew right away they316Please respect copyright.PENANA8cW3dqoIrl
were like me.316Please respect copyright.PENANAa7IGK9HsC2