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Sam was pouring something inside a glass that he had put in front of Luke, and without thinking, he asked him to tell everything, including the minimum particulars.
Luke firstly has stared the glass that that thin and tall creature had placed him front. He has sniffed it, and after he has drunk it all in a sip, and then he has looked at the barman who was waiting to hear the story.

“Surely you didn’t hear anything. Everything was going in the best way possible. When a scream has makes tremble all the alley. I’ve met her in the alley of the building where you have accompanied Daria…”
Sam hinted with a smile, and as if Luke wanted to hear how he knew her, he had to wait until he spoke, playing with the empty glass.
And before that, Sam spoke; that thin and tall creature, thrown a glance toward that creature, who was his helper. Only with a gaze, that small creature has immediately understood that for the next hour, he would have the pub under his control.

Ascertaining this, Sam invited Luke to sit at a table, and Sam indicated it was just behind the stool on which Luke had sat.
With that puppet in hand, Luke got up and followed Sam, who, after took a latest glance at the pub and his helper, has thrown away the air from his body.

“Daisy, this her name, has always been an independent soul. I have lost count of the times Daria has tried to convince her to live with her, but there were more times that she was losing that fight, that at end she hs gave up herself. But they have arrived to a comprimise”
Sam wasn’t able to end what he wanted to say, that Luke had ended that sentence for him.
“..That understairs..” And Luke has looked at Sam, who has remained breathless, nodding.
“Yes! That place was enough far, but enough close for Daria to check her, if she ever needed of something.
Daria had told me about her the first time, and when i have time, I go there and I leave her something.
But as I told you, she is an independent soul, but now i don’t know if she will make it all, alone.”

“When we heard that scream, immediately Daria thought something ugly.
And when I’ve come out, I went where I’ve met her for the first time, and Daria’s thoughts have become real.
When I’ve found him, I thought to worst”
And only when all those glances have been placed on that strange wooden puppet, the puppet himself has looked at them, and only with those big carved eyes, has told: “Please find her. I have only her.”

Sam has stared at him and caressed that woody and thin body. He told: “It will be our priority, Snatchy”.
Luke looked at Sam and then the puppet, and then he hinted a smile.
Only in those instants had he had discovered what the puppet’s name was.

“Daria has recommended herself to me, to carry her something to eat warm. As you have seen, everything here doesn’t seem as it appears. Even that small piece of wood is living. Daria counted on me, being a different creature like Daisy.
Sometimes, Daria comes to me with no idea what to feed her. Sometimes she has told me, «I left her some meat, but she has left it as I carried it to her. As she knew, Daisy had not eaten for several days, and at the end, Daria has asked me to help, and when I’ve told her what she could like, she has eaten something more.
I can imagine how she is feeling.”
Sam ended to speak, looking at Luke, and only when his interlocutor nodded, Sam look at Snatchy, who was assisting that dialogue in silent, hoping that they two would arrive at a turning point, but that it seemed never to arrive.

Only when Luke has looked at Snatchy, then Sam who was slowly nodding, did that question finally arrive, but the answer, it wasn’t the one that Luke was expecting.
“Snatchy, tell me what you remember. What has happened? You are the only witness of Daisy vanishing.”

Snatchy has looked at him sad for a while, then he has telling him: “She had put me on his pillow, and she told me that she would come back in few seconds. She had heard something, and from that moment she never comeback. Only after that scream, I tried to look for her, but as much i was scared i didn’t moved, till you have find me.”
Luke has looked at Snatchy and delicately caressed him.
Then Luke has shared a glance with Sam, holding back his breath.”
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