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He approached the table, and after having planted all the preparations, he began304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡETWvtD6yVP
pouring some orangey looking liquid into each of those mugs.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGA3qMlxzFJ
“There you go.” He said as he finished pouring, “This will do you good.”304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8EHwrPLUuN
“Thank you.”304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMBPcHeGZfx
“You must drink all of it.” He told me as he grabbed hold of one of those mugs.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH3NdJlzUo8
“Ouch!” I complained, “Too hot.”304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKjL6U1IplW
“That is how it is served, and how it should be taken.” He went on to sit quite304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9xkYaBddhS
comfortably on an old dusty chair across that table. He drank his share in one swift304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKNra0X56ev
gulp, and then he burped as he lit some sort of stick which he then placed in his304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0PpT6ANorK
mouth. He seemed to be sucking on it and every time he did, the timid fire at the end304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQACkZwNkkS
of it grew for a moment, before fading again. Curiosity was pouring from his eyes and304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqwzOEc7Ic8
lips now, just as that liquid had poured from that metal pot.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbul4Y36LAe
“That was the beginning.” I cut off any further insistence...304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm4Y65LGX1F
“The rest is all in here, huh?” He tried to sound uncaring, but I could see right304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvocYYY7JGI
through him.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFPdgJ1zyq1
“You are meant to read it.” I decided to indulge in the insisting game as well, and as304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAAV0FxVrtx
I stood up, I fondly gazed at that notebook.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqcZ0umPRh8
“Right.” He grabbed hold of it and placed it upon his lap, “According to you, that ol’304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqHde2PLzpa
fool wanted me to...” And then he opened it...304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTXUNIis68R
I slowly began making my way to the next room, for there was something that304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZbIyIUXmtJ
easily caught my eye the moment I set foot into his place. “In there you will learn how304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOP1kjoYama
I made it to where you found me... waiting for you.”304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgesYkOcDeB
This large box of clean glass filled to the brim with bubbling water, and in it, there304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCxUhOF1z1A
were these weird samples of life swimming back and forth. Restlessly.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK5lqMfpoux
They reminded me of all those that I had met; in the way in which they could see304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcW3Zwt6pFk
the world in its entirety, but always constricted by the invisible walls, we all have304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt0h2htWKMu
around ourselves. They also reminded me... of myself.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoQrVJFqI6k
“You know, at my age, this may take a while.” He flipped the first page with his left304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU2a0kVM47u
hand while his right went for a bigger pair of glasses. “Quite a while in fact.”304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4XRvM9Ci2u
“You must go through all of it,” I remarked, “and understand.”304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8O7EnZYqCX
“Wish I had something better than tea to palliate the process though.”304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpjRJpydvLw
He murmured.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuKI5Ctq0PZ
“I will be in the next room,” I spoke softly.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKT6zeQoNV1
“Oh, you like aquariums, do you?”304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLcUy716AML
“Aquariums...” I murmured...304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy3goQzMICE
“We can talk all about it later; but for now, I think you should grab some rest.”304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7iCNzm88j0
He did not even look at me, his eyes were already too busy scurrying through those304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa0X9OSjHuP
first pages.304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKPVY7jVU0i
“There is quite a comfortable couch in there as well. Why don’t you give it a try?304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvBiBVzJuAv
Don’t worry, I will call for you when I am done with this.”304Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQhq6oGG8PL
“I just might.”
And with that, I left him to it..
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-end of prologue
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