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He approached the table, and after having planted all the preparations, he began303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi4xDLPo4En
pouring some orangey looking liquid into each of those mugs.303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyKU1dRZEHN
“There you go.” He said as he finished pouring, “This will do you good.”303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiBMUAiicDz
“Thank you.”303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBXtSDM0Q4a
“You must drink all of it.” He told me as he grabbed hold of one of those mugs.303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKh2W17vDJY
“Ouch!” I complained, “Too hot.”303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ19YG0k53eY
“That is how it is served, and how it should be taken.” He went on to sit quite303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcTnQwRZevw
comfortably on an old dusty chair across that table. He drank his share in one swift303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4NRaWiwSCu
gulp, and then he burped as he lit some sort of stick which he then placed in his303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTogJWLRwLx
mouth. He seemed to be sucking on it and every time he did, the timid fire at the end303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV66y9coyey
of it grew for a moment, before fading again. Curiosity was pouring from his eyes and303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDd0giXEXTj
lips now, just as that liquid had poured from that metal pot.303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBcFtUAKen2
“That was the beginning.” I cut off any further insistence...303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpkdhYDuB10
“The rest is all in here, huh?” He tried to sound uncaring, but I could see right303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3dkHoXpB6x
through him.303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ50K0sHYcqN
“You are meant to read it.” I decided to indulge in the insisting game as well, and as303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM6rv0fGxdO
I stood up, I fondly gazed at that notebook.303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡInHEyn3MPS
“Right.” He grabbed hold of it and placed it upon his lap, “According to you, that ol’303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2PWNMC3AFE
fool wanted me to...” And then he opened it...303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ov08JQN53
I slowly began making my way to the next room, for there was something that303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZcLbAYNYF3
easily caught my eye the moment I set foot into his place. “In there you will learn how303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡExSwgp08Je
I made it to where you found me... waiting for you.”303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK32NEqM5OB
This large box of clean glass filled to the brim with bubbling water, and in it, there303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ75DlqmWWp
were these weird samples of life swimming back and forth. Restlessly.303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfWp8zv99kV
They reminded me of all those that I had met; in the way in which they could see303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIkNJYfTh1P
the world in its entirety, but always constricted by the invisible walls, we all have303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXvPsANaZd2
around ourselves. They also reminded me... of myself.303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0eJFKvRZ8U
“You know, at my age, this may take a while.” He flipped the first page with his left303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIlKp4Oh9s1
hand while his right went for a bigger pair of glasses. “Quite a while in fact.”303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8HH4FL74iP
“You must go through all of it,” I remarked, “and understand.”303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcSL6FkkvwI
“Wish I had something better than tea to palliate the process though.”303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGu8PwtGz16
He murmured.303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0gD6GiQuOD
“I will be in the next room,” I spoke softly.303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdAtUvN66p9
“Oh, you like aquariums, do you?”303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYd7bd3RHbw
“Aquariums...” I murmured...303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB9DsSspjZp
“We can talk all about it later; but for now, I think you should grab some rest.”303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJc9IePhKow
He did not even look at me, his eyes were already too busy scurrying through those303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzLRENjM6A1
first pages.303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdUujtc0hQO
“There is quite a comfortable couch in there as well. Why don’t you give it a try?303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIeSdO5j3t3
Don’t worry, I will call for you when I am done with this.”303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4e2GeryaAu
“I just might.”
And with that, I left him to it..
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-end of prologue
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