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He approached the table, and after having planted all the preparations, he began265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwRjlUzDNK1
pouring some orangey looking liquid into each of those mugs.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr2ZBOGXoKv
“There you go.” He said as he finished pouring, “This will do you good.”265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZKkTW9yaC5
“Thank you.”265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaTKHkg2pAT
“You must drink all of it.” He told me as he grabbed hold of one of those mugs.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy9I0q8fMBC
“Ouch!” I complained, “Too hot.”265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVVC9PYZHSC
“That is how it is served, and how it should be taken.” He went on to sit quite265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaNHPTQuRoa
comfortably on an old dusty chair across that table. He drank his share in one swift265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgH2rtAdedN
gulp, and then he burped as he lit some sort of stick which he then placed in his265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvchMDjeR29
mouth. He seemed to be sucking on it and every time he did, the timid fire at the end265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9GdzXqymGR
of it grew for a moment, before fading again. Curiosity was pouring from his eyes and265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0DXCDhLETR
lips now, just as that liquid had poured from that metal pot.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFARNu7zD23
“That was the beginning.” I cut off any further insistence...265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZCEkJuoURr
“The rest is all in here, huh?” He tried to sound uncaring, but I could see right265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOpvfurOX6D
through him.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRtNGZWXhAb
“You are meant to read it.” I decided to indulge in the insisting game as well, and as265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqc520FXvFt
I stood up, I fondly gazed at that notebook.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWESGoxaKpD
“Right.” He grabbed hold of it and placed it upon his lap, “According to you, that ol’265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjwf15SNjDx
fool wanted me to...” And then he opened it...265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIP2jwfWI2A
I slowly began making my way to the next room, for there was something that265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ41XURXcbWi
easily caught my eye the moment I set foot into his place. “In there you will learn how265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKrsWPhsTR6
I made it to where you found me... waiting for you.”265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ78e9rTCRKx
This large box of clean glass filled to the brim with bubbling water, and in it, there265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsuvd36wbtZ
were these weird samples of life swimming back and forth. Restlessly.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzdRCwWH4Uv
They reminded me of all those that I had met; in the way in which they could see265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡahIXB369Oz
the world in its entirety, but always constricted by the invisible walls, we all have265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdckEKUNnCS
around ourselves. They also reminded me... of myself.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT8j6N5W0Qw
“You know, at my age, this may take a while.” He flipped the first page with his left265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS3Z1WsvCXZ
hand while his right went for a bigger pair of glasses. “Quite a while in fact.”265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnJwYEEoSoE
“You must go through all of it,” I remarked, “and understand.”265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZxn2io5YUs
“Wish I had something better than tea to palliate the process though.”265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgYtg5LD13I
He murmured.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡai74nXEgAr
“I will be in the next room,” I spoke softly.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRFlqjNtMs5
“Oh, you like aquariums, do you?”265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTsObx60t58
“Aquariums...” I murmured...265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAX2v4IQXgG
“We can talk all about it later; but for now, I think you should grab some rest.”265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkb1b4KfvEe
He did not even look at me, his eyes were already too busy scurrying through those265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtk7YrOx8aT
first pages.265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡog7Rbcjv4E
“There is quite a comfortable couch in there as well. Why don’t you give it a try?265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrD6aEMtqbE
Don’t worry, I will call for you when I am done with this.”265Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJpadDCC3If
“I just might.”
And with that, I left him to it..
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-end of prologue
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