A reply... Thank you, thank you. Aah, what a feeling...
I really didn't understand why anyone would hate that town. Of course, it was quiet, dirty and almost hostile. But it seemed nice. I looked around again, I saw no sky. It was hidden by dark, probably unnatural clouds. I bet the youngest children there never have seen the sun. There seemed to be no people living there. It was on the first steps I took when I started thinking. Maybe people wasn't out, beacuse they were afraid of it. Outside. I walked away from the gate, deeper into the town and deeper into my memories.
Yes.
I did remember something somewhere. Sometimes it was a neonsign, sometimes it was a street or a house. But no people yet. Oh, i saw a slog, but they don't count. I sometimes heard distant lauhges, yellings or something of the like. Sometimes I got frightened by something. A animal turning a trashcan upside down or a lonely bird. I did almost understand Orion. Orion... I wondered where he was.
"Hey..." I heard someone say and then caugh. I turned around. There in the corner sat a very old glukkon, caughing. I looked at him.
"What is it?" he grumbled. "Never seen a dying glukk before?"
I shaked my head.
"Atleast I don't remember it. Are you okay?"
He looked at me.
"I said, I'm dying. Are you okay when you're dying?"
I shaked my head again. He smiled.
"Hello... Son."
I looked around. Then I looked on him again.
"Son? What do you mean, I could possibly.."
"Fulfill your destiny, do what you're anscestor did a millenium ago!"
I backed away a few steps, terrified. I didn't recognize neither him, nor what he said. Then why did he seem to know me?
"Uh... Excuse me?"
He nodded and caughed again. Maybe it was a laugh, i don't know.
"Have anywhere to sleep, Gold?"
"No, do you know anywhere?"
"Do you have..." He rubbed his thumb and fingers against each other. "Moolah?"
I thought for a moment, then shaked my head. He nodded again.
"Then paint the mask grey... Best for you." he said and turned around. "Good luck."
I walked away a few steps, for a moment not caring at all. Then i thoughtfully stopped and turned around. The glukk was gone. I looked down in the ground, schratched one of my tentacles and walked away again, this time not turning around. I tried to clear my head.
I found me talking to myself in a street corner. It was pleasant to hear a voice, even if it was my own. I forgot what i was talking about, and just sat down. I didn't know what time it was. How long time has it been since Orion took me here? One hour? Two? A day?
"Whatever it is, i wouldn't like to know."
I listened to the silence.
"Shut up, I'm trying to sleep." I responded to myself, then turned around and closed my eyes.
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