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He approached the table, and after having planted all the preparations, he began366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTiWqEqf20N
pouring some orangey looking liquid into each of those mugs.366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR50AkIMQnL
“There you go.” He said as he finished pouring, “This will do you good.”366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfpskiSFQQA
“Thank you.”366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNh5CuzgzEG
“You must drink all of it.” He told me as he grabbed hold of one of those mugs.366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbxvN60m17G
“Ouch!” I complained, “Too hot.”366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE7WILeMEmR
“That is how it is served, and how it should be taken.” He went on to sit quite366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhxmVy0fyxR
comfortably on an old dusty chair across that table. He drank his share in one swift366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSXKG2JQwtd
gulp, and then he burped as he lit some sort of stick which he then placed in his366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYJuin22vDE
mouth. He seemed to be sucking on it and every time he did, the timid fire at the end366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAGghPFWVCp
of it grew for a moment, before fading again. Curiosity was pouring from his eyes and366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8BEmJTNQ5j
lips now, just as that liquid had poured from that metal pot.366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡevFQUeFnd1
“That was the beginning.” I cut off any further insistence...366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCf8zvDt96z
“The rest is all in here, huh?” He tried to sound uncaring, but I could see right366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUFqo1Exvn8
through him.366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbviHoOiC7w
“You are meant to read it.” I decided to indulge in the insisting game as well, and as366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHVPqlUwF0T
I stood up, I fondly gazed at that notebook.366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwU4D5162Zn
“Right.” He grabbed hold of it and placed it upon his lap, “According to you, that ol’366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9UGZXt0dnn
fool wanted me to...” And then he opened it...366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpWTE8PKDGB
I slowly began making my way to the next room, for there was something that366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvCcS2ymwJk
easily caught my eye the moment I set foot into his place. “In there you will learn how366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDEX2oSNPcE
I made it to where you found me... waiting for you.”366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT4PFiSnnC2
This large box of clean glass filled to the brim with bubbling water, and in it, there366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWdJyxpqaFS
were these weird samples of life swimming back and forth. Restlessly.366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKx0mxpKHFV
They reminded me of all those that I had met; in the way in which they could see366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaZXztWDFa9
the world in its entirety, but always constricted by the invisible walls, we all have366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi9eb4EDYcH
around ourselves. They also reminded me... of myself.366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpb9LaSydQU
“You know, at my age, this may take a while.” He flipped the first page with his left366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrIDpSehglP
hand while his right went for a bigger pair of glasses. “Quite a while in fact.”366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsI7Suy02cV
“You must go through all of it,” I remarked, “and understand.”366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkKDKQCOcrd
“Wish I had something better than tea to palliate the process though.”366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeVBgGgeXUn
He murmured.366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrEW46l1UbP
“I will be in the next room,” I spoke softly.366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvDsPmvYkWe
“Oh, you like aquariums, do you?”366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAVAdjm5NfH
“Aquariums...” I murmured...366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Dm29DGo0u
“We can talk all about it later; but for now, I think you should grab some rest.”366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlTPnCBBNqj
He did not even look at me, his eyes were already too busy scurrying through those366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl3I5PTe3ie
first pages.366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡceuFrE44M9
“There is quite a comfortable couch in there as well. Why don’t you give it a try?366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9GJxyahBxz
Don’t worry, I will call for you when I am done with this.”366Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJM4kpRoYON
“I just might.”
And with that, I left him to it..
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-end of prologue
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