
“Does that include me?” I asked “Am I one of these ´Maybe´? Father?” I noticed407Please respect copyright.PENANA0xnvUTQN9b
he chose not to answer, but instead to deflect, “Since you can read already, I am sure407Please respect copyright.PENANACN2Eng1McE
your writing skills are close behind, and so I would have you do something for me.407Please respect copyright.PENANAb95Sdq4iLG
Something quite important.”407Please respect copyright.PENANA3JBaWAGTg5
“I know writing, I mean what that is.” I remember waving my finger around as407Please respect copyright.PENANAME8STbDyUc
I tried to mimic the words on that sign “But I am not sure I can do it myself. Not yet.”407Please respect copyright.PENANAgsF3o1snd6
“It will come to you,” He smiled, his most appreciated attempt at inspiring any407Please respect copyright.PENANAT88F3t0mGf
confidence in me, “and when it does, I would like for you to write down everything407Please respect copyright.PENANAAfGJhDU43k
that is going to transpire tonight.” He then rummaged through that big bag he had407Please respect copyright.PENANA2ZDpCcVMxW
been readying for the last moments, before finally slapping his forehead after realising407Please respect copyright.PENANA0PxKQepjod
what he was looking for was already in one of his pockets. He took it out, and then407Please respect copyright.PENANAx1Br3GRBjY
proudly handed it to me. That very same notebook that you now hold in your hand,407Please respect copyright.PENANA8P3CHkEHOi
“Can you do that for me?” He insisted.407Please respect copyright.PENANAb3d6z6wbG1
“I am not sure I -”407Please respect copyright.PENANAu40kgO5jk1
“It will come to you, all the memories and much more.” He smiled as he handed407Please respect copyright.PENANAUfNYZhO1Me
me some pencils too, “And when you know how, when you feel confident enough to407Please respect copyright.PENANAhXZHsZiHB8
start, I want you to write down everything concerning tonight. Write as much as you407Please respect copyright.PENANAAedGW5XT1o
can - use whatever sight is available to you; pen down whatever your eyes or your mind407Please respect copyright.PENANAffOP9UI2X9
decide to show you – keep writing until you find yourself out of here.”407Please respect copyright.PENANAeIbKV73lB8
“Can I make it like a story?” I asked shyly, “Of sorts...”407Please respect copyright.PENANAieJ6vb0ct5
“Yes, if it pleases you. You can try and structure it like that if you want but do try407Please respect copyright.PENANA0UjUe04rQX
and avoid any glib words.” He took another quick and desperate peek through that407Please respect copyright.PENANAU5IqjEISfu
still barely opened crimson metal door “Then you can read it back to me, and to others,407Please respect copyright.PENANAqBLWXjdLjJ
once we are far and away from this place - safe and under the sun.”407Please respect copyright.PENANAU88PNuJmMV
“Can I make some drawings too?” My heart jumped in expectation. “Well,”407Please respect copyright.PENANA2MUMamTqla
He looked at me again, with the most patient of smiles “yes, certainly. Whatever helps407Please respect copyright.PENANAmO18iai63P
you in the telling, why not?” He rummaged again for some crayons which he then407Please respect copyright.PENANAzimVFr1GWl
handed to me, and then he hesitantly returned his worrisome look to what was waiting407Please respect copyright.PENANAzZJ4klZlWZ
on the other side of that door.407Please respect copyright.PENANAXQWFZITprH
“Are we going now?” I asked while holding all the things he gave me as tightly as my407Please respect copyright.PENANACfK1BiV9Hv
little weak hands possibly could, “Father?”407Please respect copyright.PENANA1yi8IgpmEu
“Where could they be?” I heard him whisper “Well, no matter.” He took a deep breath,407Please respect copyright.PENANA8dYCQM5H4n
“Our way seems to be clear.” He then turned to me, with his eyes staring at mine in a407Please respect copyright.PENANAFPA9hGhUS4
more serious way than I had thought possible. “This is it. Are you ready?”407Please respect copyright.PENANAZCWb81nYmc
“Yes...” I scattered all the pencils and crayons across all pockets available to me and,407Please respect copyright.PENANAc9q3MACRyr
while holding that notebook tightly in my right arm, I slowly extended my left one.407Please respect copyright.PENANAyyIMJLZI51
He gently took hold of my hand, caressed my fingers a few times behind a comforting407Please respect copyright.PENANAHqJSy3c65L
smile, and then pulled me with him...407Please respect copyright.PENANAVRSGrMVwdD
... and that is why I wrote all that you now hold.407Please respect copyright.PENANAsvUwbMEf9G
“I see...” The Tinker admitted a bit dubiously when we were already back his place,407Please respect copyright.PENANAE0IwCQYQPQ
“That is quite the tale.” His fingers constantly caressing the well-worn cover of that407Please respect copyright.PENANAUCXs66nSz4
notebook; so easily displaying all the eagerness that his eyes would not share.407Please respect copyright.PENANAkLarOgJT8k
“That is what happened.”407Please respect copyright.PENANAjs7cvXEkKF
“Well, and what then?” He asked as he gestured me to take a seat. We were now in407Please respect copyright.PENANA37CVexu9xt
what he called a ´living room´, and I could see all sorts of things scattered around that407Please respect copyright.PENANA8Tlw8No61e
makeshift table standing distinguishably in the middle. “Go on, sit down. Wherever407Please respect copyright.PENANAbNkU5WmrAI
you like.” he insisted after placing my notebook in the centre of that table. Then he407Please respect copyright.PENANAqbqDKHFOmR
turned around, towards some cupboards and a device leaking out all sorts of fire.407Please respect copyright.PENANAFBwTLXHG6F
“Can I take this one?” I asked regarding one of the few chairs I found in a usable407Please respect copyright.PENANAtFBpBYiETW
condition.407Please respect copyright.PENANA6L60oQgBxz
“Go right ahead.” He promptly allowed, without even looking to see what I could be407Please respect copyright.PENANAzpJmm1GUfc
referring to, as he was now clearly too busy preparing something. “Thank you.”407Please respect copyright.PENANAB4GzZpQDvY
“And then,” he asked me again, “what happened after?” He turned around holding a407Please respect copyright.PENANA6axlSX4AhJ
tray. On it rested a couple of exceptionally large and funny looking mugs, and between407Please respect copyright.PENANAFiIgmDf5bX
them was a smoking metal pot.