“You do,” I assured him quite calmly. “That is why I am here.”452Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Hhq5mPflT
“How are you acquainted with any of them?” He asked quite seriously, and only452Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6d0oULXQSi
then did his eyes seem to notice my hair, which was blue all over except for its still452Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVrjxEt7hAa
black tips. “You’re quite the odd one.” He admitted, while he was far from what anyone452Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFqtkVSyLST
would deem as ´normal´. “And I do not need my bigger glasses to see that.”452Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0uVLA6X1PC
“Here. This is for you,” I tried to hand him my big notebook, the one that had been452Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIHEnJEf47o
resting safely beside me. Almost falling out of it was a whole compendium of drawings452Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNCT9JYokbW
and other poorly attached notes. “Father wanted you to have it.” I nudged it towards452Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXIOfoUWTyZ
him. “He also wanted me to go with you.”452Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCLAPbIQCV9
“Father, you say?” He cautiously asked as he refused the offer, “I am afraid I will have452Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLVM2sRsrCg
to doubt that. You see little one, I am not one with many friends, let alone associates.”452Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1FD2EWKdJs
He then took a few steps back “No, you must be mistaken. But fret not, you may452Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSTbQ8YvRbk
accompany me back to my place, if you so wish of course. After all, it is not proper to452Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGqRRv2YqPm
leave one so small and meek behind, especially in a place like this. Old Gorliochi over452Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnNWPE7pFEk
there,” His eyes went straight towards that beast; this one was completely relaxed even452Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVaTSvggwB9
if its jaws kept finding one thing or another to chew on, “he can easily carry the both452Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC1JB06Il3H
of us for as long as necessary. He has been with me for many seasons now, lending a452Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ50bLZ7MU5y
hand in the carrying of all sorts of things.”452Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs3jVk6ZqHz
He smiled, but it was a ruse that could not hope to work on the likes of one such as452Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH8MJH15ZxD
me. “Like all sorts of flowers and fungi that I so often like to come and find in these452Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKqsNgEoSTQ
parts... Or even -”452Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbr8PgUEVdb
“You are no mere flower picker or mushroom gatherer.” I said as I kept forcing that452Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX8SKblp39G
notebook onto him. “Go on, take it. You are the Thinker-Tinker, and you are meant452Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUYrp0R4ggq
to read it.”452Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp3KKYJGN2J
A short silence stood between the two of us ...452Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwRVeHTREIt
“Your father, who is he then?” He eventually asked, even if his interests appeared452Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyJhl56auQC
to be dwindling the more he was going through those notes and drawings, “I know452Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpF2TeDXJc1
many of the names inscribed here.” He kept confessing, as he tipped his glasses just452Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx05m72UaE1
in time to prevent them from falling off his curved nose; and then he looked at me452Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEeKmRgbukj
with refulgent eyes: “Some of these people, they are in these drawings of yours as well!452Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKT3M9m77QN
And this man here; a Kharn. He is my friend. A dear one.”452Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwov0sU6h4v
“That is Father,” I said to his amazement ...452Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr7loA9oAze
A long pause took over his person.452Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ5iatH5n0e
Many of his past fears but also promises came to haunt him, and without a452Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHl67C4Mnrc
moment’s notice, his head became occupied with all sorts of questions and possibilities.452Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8OV3ubn7zR
There were so many ´If ’s´ and ´Buts´ and ´What’s´ swirling in his mind - and in452Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡezdgdVlMVi
the end all I heard him think to himself was: “This is likely to bring me quite the452Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQE6nMVqbYv
unwanted trouble, but if there is any chance of truth to it, at all; of a real connection452Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFqBts9iSDQ
between this little one and that ol’ fool... What choice do I have?”452Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3PxgMMkY7H
“Who are you girl?” his eyes swelled up as he confronted me again, “and how did452Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIBq7sAkY13
you get your hands on all this?”452Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4ocUaNY1FK
“As I said, all of it was wrought by my hand.”452Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSvawN1oZJW
“You wrote...” His eyes travelled between note and drawing alike “all this?452Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnQDaw8bW1M
What made you do such a thing?” He asked with his eyes now trembling with452Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkNET9k6C99
restlessness.452Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMogOfSSEb5
“And then you will read it?”452Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXl6incctkO
“Oh, I most definitely will. The spark of curiosity has already been lit inside me.”452Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgbdr7YEm6V
He then reassured me further, “My interest has already peaked way past the point of452Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7I7OUKEUeO
arousal, don’t you worry.” And after he weighed all of it with both hands; “But I will452Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoMI7V1hNcn
have to do so back at my place. You understand that this is quite a lot to go through?”452Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmFfDrsjTDu
“Quite,” I replied after I added a few extra notes I had on my person.452Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuwxHbn53Dt
“Besides, I don’t have my reading glasses on me.” He added somewhat flippantly452Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdjP0DMbGVY
“I mean why would I bring them; you know? It’s not like I get to meet little girls452Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjQAA41Kmbi
carrying tomes for me regularly.”452Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkXYTODS0Xz
I nodded in concordance, and then he suggested we should make haste. Insisting, as452Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqoTzqeDUdy
we made our way to that beast, that I should tell him, or rather prepare him, for what452Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfuKf4z3mfN
could be in store inside that notebook.452Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD1INyj8SZN
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