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He approached the table, and after having planted all the preparations, he began266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIMa8HE3gq1
pouring some orangey looking liquid into each of those mugs.266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4YZFacSpyG
“There you go.” He said as he finished pouring, “This will do you good.”266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡea3sjaDv3k
“Thank you.”266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ9vaAzFJBc
“You must drink all of it.” He told me as he grabbed hold of one of those mugs.266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6veUTUKGn9
“Ouch!” I complained, “Too hot.”266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyQcsxTTzSp
“That is how it is served, and how it should be taken.” He went on to sit quite266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP3xok4W4vd
comfortably on an old dusty chair across that table. He drank his share in one swift266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQdOHcKfcKK
gulp, and then he burped as he lit some sort of stick which he then placed in his266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlWEbP9zeIH
mouth. He seemed to be sucking on it and every time he did, the timid fire at the end266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDpQoMLNkpH
of it grew for a moment, before fading again. Curiosity was pouring from his eyes and266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ59Xeevbzhp
lips now, just as that liquid had poured from that metal pot.266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3pMT9lmiLJ
“That was the beginning.” I cut off any further insistence...266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTXerLw1PMK
“The rest is all in here, huh?” He tried to sound uncaring, but I could see right266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHxEE6st5uB
through him.266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHtFL6mzy4I
“You are meant to read it.” I decided to indulge in the insisting game as well, and as266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDe00Pyh7ld
I stood up, I fondly gazed at that notebook.266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZJCwFradSr
“Right.” He grabbed hold of it and placed it upon his lap, “According to you, that ol’266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn7WBVn4m65
fool wanted me to...” And then he opened it...266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhbrCFIT7hO
I slowly began making my way to the next room, for there was something that266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkqO8Re0LwK
easily caught my eye the moment I set foot into his place. “In there you will learn how266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSfsrD3wpbH
I made it to where you found me... waiting for you.”266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ86Ls6J0kzk
This large box of clean glass filled to the brim with bubbling water, and in it, there266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHGuOlTEf1q
were these weird samples of life swimming back and forth. Restlessly.266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNm7ilUun0o
They reminded me of all those that I had met; in the way in which they could see266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMYSsJzkdAp
the world in its entirety, but always constricted by the invisible walls, we all have266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhiXxkZtXhe
around ourselves. They also reminded me... of myself.266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb64yrFaZFJ
“You know, at my age, this may take a while.” He flipped the first page with his left266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMdu1xLfHN3
hand while his right went for a bigger pair of glasses. “Quite a while in fact.”266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbU0QuxmYpy
“You must go through all of it,” I remarked, “and understand.”266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7BGEmwo5WI
“Wish I had something better than tea to palliate the process though.”266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRm0Bpe4lwA
He murmured.266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZJmYwB9Hr4
“I will be in the next room,” I spoke softly.266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8TbKrzERBE
“Oh, you like aquariums, do you?”266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHuIgp9STRv
“Aquariums...” I murmured...266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHK6RcNtxP7
“We can talk all about it later; but for now, I think you should grab some rest.”266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVLbmqjYPgd
He did not even look at me, his eyes were already too busy scurrying through those266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0KTxLb6pOk
first pages.266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAswOTeukqF
“There is quite a comfortable couch in there as well. Why don’t you give it a try?266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrAIgx1UoM2
Don’t worry, I will call for you when I am done with this.”266Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbbLG1W9Gbh
“I just might.”
And with that, I left him to it..
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-end of prologue
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