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“Does that include me?” I asked “Am I one of these ´Maybe´? Father?” I noticed102Please respect copyright.PENANAkUjq29PD1H
he chose not to answer, but instead to deflect, “Since you can read already, I am sure102Please respect copyright.PENANAEKCVbgzkf8
your writing skills are close behind, and so I would have you do something for me.102Please respect copyright.PENANAOUCpkA8XQO
Something quite important.”102Please respect copyright.PENANACRSXJtVONy
“I know writing, I mean what that is.” I remember waving my finger around as102Please respect copyright.PENANAG1Y84POpyX
I tried to mimic the words on that sign “But I am not sure I can do it myself. Not yet.”102Please respect copyright.PENANA5E1fThyr1l
“It will come to you,” He smiled, his most appreciated attempt at inspiring any102Please respect copyright.PENANAGYAs8haqnm
confidence in me, “and when it does, I would like for you to write down everything102Please respect copyright.PENANAoC4S845HOQ
that is going to transpire tonight.” He then rummaged through that big bag he had102Please respect copyright.PENANA9CuJQ6UHSc
been readying for the last moments, before finally slapping his forehead after realising102Please respect copyright.PENANAZGWzgbby6s
what he was looking for was already in one of his pockets. He took it out, and then102Please respect copyright.PENANAlTCoOgS9qx
proudly handed it to me. That very same notebook that you now hold in your hand,102Please respect copyright.PENANAVLJEwQuSz1
“Can you do that for me?” He insisted.102Please respect copyright.PENANA3QEfLKarou
“I am not sure I -”102Please respect copyright.PENANA1guXowrXlu
“It will come to you, all the memories and much more.” He smiled as he handed102Please respect copyright.PENANAKa9uSftgTa
me some pencils too, “And when you know how, when you feel confident enough to102Please respect copyright.PENANADwTZx15zp5
start, I want you to write down everything concerning tonight. Write as much as you102Please respect copyright.PENANA9Hy05EgVu0
can - use whatever sight is available to you; pen down whatever your eyes or your mind102Please respect copyright.PENANAXhIFo2tfrG
decide to show you – keep writing until you find yourself out of here.”102Please respect copyright.PENANArZxfduNN0R
“Can I make it like a story?” I asked shyly, “Of sorts...”102Please respect copyright.PENANA9ZAwVSi1Gl
“Yes, if it pleases you. You can try and structure it like that if you want but do try102Please respect copyright.PENANAZPi5IWak8N
and avoid any glib words.” He took another quick and desperate peek through that102Please respect copyright.PENANAYpBu5bLeV4
still barely opened crimson metal door “Then you can read it back to me, and to others,102Please respect copyright.PENANAxDgvtuuPqD
once we are far and away from this place - safe and under the sun.”102Please respect copyright.PENANAVkmC9FVG6s
“Can I make some drawings too?” My heart jumped in expectation. “Well,”102Please respect copyright.PENANAdIL6MIn32o
He looked at me again, with the most patient of smiles “yes, certainly. Whatever helps102Please respect copyright.PENANAECYqKJ5DLY
you in the telling, why not?” He rummaged again for some crayons which he then102Please respect copyright.PENANAznnFjLyzb3
handed to me, and then he hesitantly returned his worrisome look to what was waiting102Please respect copyright.PENANASAMKVwlatX
on the other side of that door.102Please respect copyright.PENANAZQmCmz7F6g
“Are we going now?” I asked while holding all the things he gave me as tightly as my102Please respect copyright.PENANAJRq5HXiuZ4
little weak hands possibly could, “Father?”102Please respect copyright.PENANAnNWHrvNlMk
“Where could they be?” I heard him whisper “Well, no matter.” He took a deep breath,102Please respect copyright.PENANA9aEnqSWhyB
“Our way seems to be clear.” He then turned to me, with his eyes staring at mine in a102Please respect copyright.PENANAs2WY2UJXse
more serious way than I had thought possible. “This is it. Are you ready?”102Please respect copyright.PENANAIUqCVzBOLH
“Yes...” I scattered all the pencils and crayons across all pockets available to me and,102Please respect copyright.PENANAWOjO5mNBpn
while holding that notebook tightly in my right arm, I slowly extended my left one.102Please respect copyright.PENANAPArddzKYZF
He gently took hold of my hand, caressed my fingers a few times behind a comforting102Please respect copyright.PENANA0wme8VwdDH
smile, and then pulled me with him...102Please respect copyright.PENANAn206VtZOaq
... and that is why I wrote all that you now hold.102Please respect copyright.PENANAN2PYKUIxyx
“I see...” The Tinker admitted a bit dubiously when we were already back his place,102Please respect copyright.PENANAFmIRNci5bJ
“That is quite the tale.” His fingers constantly caressing the well-worn cover of that102Please respect copyright.PENANA13no02Jq28
notebook; so easily displaying all the eagerness that his eyes would not share.102Please respect copyright.PENANAIxRFyIvm0a
“That is what happened.”102Please respect copyright.PENANAQiD5Y6x2E4
“Well, and what then?” He asked as he gestured me to take a seat. We were now in102Please respect copyright.PENANASUbkpxS36Y
what he called a ´living room´, and I could see all sorts of things scattered around that102Please respect copyright.PENANALNZiftNeBp
makeshift table standing distinguishably in the middle. “Go on, sit down. Wherever102Please respect copyright.PENANAZuXvOSMofs
you like.” he insisted after placing my notebook in the centre of that table. Then he102Please respect copyright.PENANA2Y5X04vTVE
turned around, towards some cupboards and a device leaking out all sorts of fire.102Please respect copyright.PENANANc0zwVrddO
“Can I take this one?” I asked regarding one of the few chairs I found in a usable102Please respect copyright.PENANAuxDsttHJOo
condition.102Please respect copyright.PENANAhIqmTh58xn
“Go right ahead.” He promptly allowed, without even looking to see what I could be102Please respect copyright.PENANAZzAi6qNRyu
referring to, as he was now clearly too busy preparing something. “Thank you.”102Please respect copyright.PENANArDSV3wMU8z
“And then,” he asked me again, “what happened after?” He turned around holding a102Please respect copyright.PENANA5Y7pqAQX7A
tray. On it rested a couple of exceptionally large and funny looking mugs, and between102Please respect copyright.PENANAZGydreSM48
them was a smoking metal pot.