“You do,” I assured him quite calmly. “That is why I am here.”446Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2T4b9D8AjJ
“How are you acquainted with any of them?” He asked quite seriously, and only446Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs7LDKWPvAC
then did his eyes seem to notice my hair, which was blue all over except for its still446Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMr6PZgeBf8
black tips. “You’re quite the odd one.” He admitted, while he was far from what anyone446Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx8wPG5Pc5C
would deem as ´normal´. “And I do not need my bigger glasses to see that.”446Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtLS1Nmvi5R
“Here. This is for you,” I tried to hand him my big notebook, the one that had been446Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5igRiXF2jZ
resting safely beside me. Almost falling out of it was a whole compendium of drawings446Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuk0uEMroX0
and other poorly attached notes. “Father wanted you to have it.” I nudged it towards446Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhoQPAPu6Jy
him. “He also wanted me to go with you.”446Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG2Ls5vseMT
“Father, you say?” He cautiously asked as he refused the offer, “I am afraid I will have446Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcSLUrHlmhR
to doubt that. You see little one, I am not one with many friends, let alone associates.”446Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy1sK6FyCyd
He then took a few steps back “No, you must be mistaken. But fret not, you may446Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvuFEIU53qi
accompany me back to my place, if you so wish of course. After all, it is not proper to446Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkpN3FUPhHc
leave one so small and meek behind, especially in a place like this. Old Gorliochi over446Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhMmIt6Glju
there,” His eyes went straight towards that beast; this one was completely relaxed even446Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFlHfBmwuqt
if its jaws kept finding one thing or another to chew on, “he can easily carry the both446Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEtWxwm9opu
of us for as long as necessary. He has been with me for many seasons now, lending a446Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvzneYV7crY
hand in the carrying of all sorts of things.”446Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB7ghBerteJ
He smiled, but it was a ruse that could not hope to work on the likes of one such as446Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWuZvKICRxX
me. “Like all sorts of flowers and fungi that I so often like to come and find in these446Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlhidXTPOLY
parts... Or even -”446Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFfN2zK752B
“You are no mere flower picker or mushroom gatherer.” I said as I kept forcing that446Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡudlGGYVtdb
notebook onto him. “Go on, take it. You are the Thinker-Tinker, and you are meant446Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEUfAEMiZ7A
to read it.”446Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrl4gWz19oi
A short silence stood between the two of us ...446Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFRLHR7kHgt
“Your father, who is he then?” He eventually asked, even if his interests appeared446Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhrZtlO1PIl
to be dwindling the more he was going through those notes and drawings, “I know446Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDjiujR82ek
many of the names inscribed here.” He kept confessing, as he tipped his glasses just446Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsp4Ujoil7f
in time to prevent them from falling off his curved nose; and then he looked at me446Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuuGRnbpnG5
with refulgent eyes: “Some of these people, they are in these drawings of yours as well!446Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDUqKsvQSUL
And this man here; a Kharn. He is my friend. A dear one.”446Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS2nxoqAzCk
“That is Father,” I said to his amazement ...446Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDODcsA0Lbc
A long pause took over his person.446Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrbLFErqcqe
Many of his past fears but also promises came to haunt him, and without a446Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ39p0Km1LuM
moment’s notice, his head became occupied with all sorts of questions and possibilities.446Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1UpnFrrst9
There were so many ´If ’s´ and ´Buts´ and ´What’s´ swirling in his mind - and in446Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKnP1f4H7XP
the end all I heard him think to himself was: “This is likely to bring me quite the446Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEbiweqzVFf
unwanted trouble, but if there is any chance of truth to it, at all; of a real connection446Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡReAT3lIpGC
between this little one and that ol’ fool... What choice do I have?”446Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwrqsSK5pKk
“Who are you girl?” his eyes swelled up as he confronted me again, “and how did446Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡicyAas8e7s
you get your hands on all this?”446Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzXX71M9IdF
“As I said, all of it was wrought by my hand.”446Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBrPGOF0qiC
“You wrote...” His eyes travelled between note and drawing alike “all this?446Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiZeogH7XAN
What made you do such a thing?” He asked with his eyes now trembling with446Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnBAspW8PTK
restlessness.446Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOYjWUwJp4J
“And then you will read it?”446Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDH6Y28vakM
“Oh, I most definitely will. The spark of curiosity has already been lit inside me.”446Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaspsQbX936
He then reassured me further, “My interest has already peaked way past the point of446Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzIaypQKD4t
arousal, don’t you worry.” And after he weighed all of it with both hands; “But I will446Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLNKD0vqJdf
have to do so back at my place. You understand that this is quite a lot to go through?”446Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxdCY4R53Zh
“Quite,” I replied after I added a few extra notes I had on my person.446Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxU7skI7giD
“Besides, I don’t have my reading glasses on me.” He added somewhat flippantly446Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUD0TDRLafe
“I mean why would I bring them; you know? It’s not like I get to meet little girls446Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZzcFmrX11S
carrying tomes for me regularly.”446Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7X5yzo8ORj
I nodded in concordance, and then he suggested we should make haste. Insisting, as446Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsuumhpohh2
we made our way to that beast, that I should tell him, or rather prepare him, for what446Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWemeBw2JI8
could be in store inside that notebook.446Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq8GXzMn3zw
and then Add to home screen.