“Does that include me?” I asked “Am I one of these ´Maybe´? Father?” I noticed300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsdikvM7pXw
he chose not to answer, but instead to deflect, “Since you can read already, I am sure300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGZjWcGw4li
your writing skills are close behind, and so I would have you do something for me.300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ3DwqK5LT4
Something quite important.”300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6tGtHZAhqi
“I know writing, I mean what that is.” I remember waving my finger around as300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4pXhriW3Ya
I tried to mimic the words on that sign “But I am not sure I can do it myself. Not yet.”300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeubvmvCJWu
“It will come to you,” He smiled, his most appreciated attempt at inspiring any300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyVdIeytAFr
confidence in me, “and when it does, I would like for you to write down everything300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcIgezKpeOP
that is going to transpire tonight.” He then rummaged through that big bag he had300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfqbZYF5RdE
been readying for the last moments, before finally slapping his forehead after realising300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxcCHGmDVMv
what he was looking for was already in one of his pockets. He took it out, and then300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp3V4AusFvM
proudly handed it to me. That very same notebook that you now hold in your hand,300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmSk2RXypdl
“Can you do that for me?” He insisted.300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEvBsrJBHF3
“I am not sure I -”300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt8xPs9TJpq
“It will come to you, all the memories and much more.” He smiled as he handed300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsAyemN7PWr
me some pencils too, “And when you know how, when you feel confident enough to300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtcSAXewWTC
start, I want you to write down everything concerning tonight. Write as much as you300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhFpad4lSwb
can - use whatever sight is available to you; pen down whatever your eyes or your mind300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLwtSTMx1Ex
decide to show you – keep writing until you find yourself out of here.”300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Q1lXvYQ1e
“Can I make it like a story?” I asked shyly, “Of sorts...”300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEx9W9R9uoi
“Yes, if it pleases you. You can try and structure it like that if you want but do try300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSoHBNWQ4Db
and avoid any glib words.” He took another quick and desperate peek through that300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9shRNcpzMB
still barely opened crimson metal door “Then you can read it back to me, and to others,300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoRe4mJPg7d
once we are far and away from this place - safe and under the sun.”300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmhEvofwPNr
“Can I make some drawings too?” My heart jumped in expectation. “Well,”300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSluGiA2XzK
He looked at me again, with the most patient of smiles “yes, certainly. Whatever helps300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWpIV5pLD0W
you in the telling, why not?” He rummaged again for some crayons which he then300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA8NdAsKho9
handed to me, and then he hesitantly returned his worrisome look to what was waiting300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR2GuAWDEj9
on the other side of that door.300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn9blZVd1VM
“Are we going now?” I asked while holding all the things he gave me as tightly as my300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJK0itkjgix
little weak hands possibly could, “Father?”300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHrUD4XserJ
“Where could they be?” I heard him whisper “Well, no matter.” He took a deep breath,300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh4OYzkSqvQ
“Our way seems to be clear.” He then turned to me, with his eyes staring at mine in a300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ73EDXLb1bP
more serious way than I had thought possible. “This is it. Are you ready?”300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnzjuJ489k5
“Yes...” I scattered all the pencils and crayons across all pockets available to me and,300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV4QLeLwve9
while holding that notebook tightly in my right arm, I slowly extended my left one.300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUehHmWrFdL
He gently took hold of my hand, caressed my fingers a few times behind a comforting300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡulaEi6kcXT
smile, and then pulled me with him...300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡACE5SZoBOl
... and that is why I wrote all that you now hold.300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAqOOxS1tuc
“I see...” The Tinker admitted a bit dubiously when we were already back his place,300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHqsKi8SxVD
“That is quite the tale.” His fingers constantly caressing the well-worn cover of that300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNXdI9aKKrs
notebook; so easily displaying all the eagerness that his eyes would not share.300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAR1MVbuUfW
“That is what happened.”300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXG1SFZP5ew
“Well, and what then?” He asked as he gestured me to take a seat. We were now in300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpMbFft1uKG
what he called a ´living room´, and I could see all sorts of things scattered around that300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPzO2XDT5P2
makeshift table standing distinguishably in the middle. “Go on, sit down. Wherever300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyE6eAcMI8g
you like.” he insisted after placing my notebook in the centre of that table. Then he300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbz8LHaepXg
turned around, towards some cupboards and a device leaking out all sorts of fire.300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnRtAyDwnSo
“Can I take this one?” I asked regarding one of the few chairs I found in a usable300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFt0U33YJ9U
condition.300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYtv8siYjDx
“Go right ahead.” He promptly allowed, without even looking to see what I could be300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQrjcE7yIdM
referring to, as he was now clearly too busy preparing something. “Thank you.”300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8gparCIu2m
“And then,” he asked me again, “what happened after?” He turned around holding a300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFiY5gjhS62
tray. On it rested a couple of exceptionally large and funny looking mugs, and between300Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOKVPGWd6Qn
them was a smoking metal pot.
然後按「加至主畫面」