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He approached the table, and after having planted all the preparations, he began359Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKAmgHBWOdg
pouring some orangey looking liquid into each of those mugs.359Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7c4t1sCNDb
“There you go.” He said as he finished pouring, “This will do you good.”359Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ73DbGTDbf
“Thank you.”359Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsI9xUFHnPF
“You must drink all of it.” He told me as he grabbed hold of one of those mugs.359Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOil8hRh0og
“Ouch!” I complained, “Too hot.”359Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNIJMVPytT1
“That is how it is served, and how it should be taken.” He went on to sit quite359Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxX9Lwwv4qq
comfortably on an old dusty chair across that table. He drank his share in one swift359Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7QG2XuVTDd
gulp, and then he burped as he lit some sort of stick which he then placed in his359Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzZFoqMaTIx
mouth. He seemed to be sucking on it and every time he did, the timid fire at the end359Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlh32rI4ayz
of it grew for a moment, before fading again. Curiosity was pouring from his eyes and359Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCPjGQzncI3
lips now, just as that liquid had poured from that metal pot.359Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeuNxZDxcTU
“That was the beginning.” I cut off any further insistence...359Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBdQSbfHOPg
“The rest is all in here, huh?” He tried to sound uncaring, but I could see right359Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWi8jJITqyP
through him.359Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbzLPI9PoaH
“You are meant to read it.” I decided to indulge in the insisting game as well, and as359Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvuqJzaE128
I stood up, I fondly gazed at that notebook.359Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc7OZ7QieB8
“Right.” He grabbed hold of it and placed it upon his lap, “According to you, that ol’359Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGD2IKdRqpt
fool wanted me to...” And then he opened it...359Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxfPOoO24ty
I slowly began making my way to the next room, for there was something that359Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP32dlcHyR2
easily caught my eye the moment I set foot into his place. “In there you will learn how359Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ735neMGN51
I made it to where you found me... waiting for you.”359Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWFR7tS7LSz
This large box of clean glass filled to the brim with bubbling water, and in it, there359Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFwxDri5J8a
were these weird samples of life swimming back and forth. Restlessly.359Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOTAp1HIZPz
They reminded me of all those that I had met; in the way in which they could see359Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVWxybWsjcO
the world in its entirety, but always constricted by the invisible walls, we all have359Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ2rMNac8yJ
around ourselves. They also reminded me... of myself.359Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPE8DXHTI9l
“You know, at my age, this may take a while.” He flipped the first page with his left359Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOBCMCCaFZI
hand while his right went for a bigger pair of glasses. “Quite a while in fact.”359Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡglLZPTqF6v
“You must go through all of it,” I remarked, “and understand.”359Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvLs933Yb3f
“Wish I had something better than tea to palliate the process though.”359Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRvuEpS2UVe
He murmured.359Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzYnxv9xpyD
“I will be in the next room,” I spoke softly.359Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtzJBpSv06y
“Oh, you like aquariums, do you?”359Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhTM52Uphje
“Aquariums...” I murmured...359Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6h7CrC3TKV
“We can talk all about it later; but for now, I think you should grab some rest.”359Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiBcwo1zomO
He did not even look at me, his eyes were already too busy scurrying through those359Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoo22cQ7BdA
first pages.359Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoqPNtzSVMI
“There is quite a comfortable couch in there as well. Why don’t you give it a try?359Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLo3Slknf4a
Don’t worry, I will call for you when I am done with this.”359Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsb1J4wW1Iv
“I just might.”
And with that, I left him to it..
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-end of prologue
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