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He approached the table, and after having planted all the preparations, he began201Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFhwZINIE5x
pouring some orangey looking liquid into each of those mugs.201Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQsclXkRfs8
“There you go.” He said as he finished pouring, “This will do you good.”201Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡihAPiHLgEY
“Thank you.”201Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnu5I4FgypE
“You must drink all of it.” He told me as he grabbed hold of one of those mugs.201Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ89n2Jm71og
“Ouch!” I complained, “Too hot.”201Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN1ZXM51tuO
“That is how it is served, and how it should be taken.” He went on to sit quite201Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaijnZOyt46
comfortably on an old dusty chair across that table. He drank his share in one swift201Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXT3TzRayDC
gulp, and then he burped as he lit some sort of stick which he then placed in his201Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhVFSnBiT51
mouth. He seemed to be sucking on it and every time he did, the timid fire at the end201Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfVd5wMpFv2
of it grew for a moment, before fading again. Curiosity was pouring from his eyes and201Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjF2ogDQpTT
lips now, just as that liquid had poured from that metal pot.201Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy6anMVpW9B
“That was the beginning.” I cut off any further insistence...201Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqE6rIzqy6z
“The rest is all in here, huh?” He tried to sound uncaring, but I could see right201Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlYe9IDywq2
through him.201Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXq3HtHPfA0
“You are meant to read it.” I decided to indulge in the insisting game as well, and as201Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkDRmEExskZ
I stood up, I fondly gazed at that notebook.201Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpkmwrLTlht
“Right.” He grabbed hold of it and placed it upon his lap, “According to you, that ol’201Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡteTmXuTc1L
fool wanted me to...” And then he opened it...201Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGG7yBVi3FX
I slowly began making my way to the next room, for there was something that201Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ml7Hs5P29
easily caught my eye the moment I set foot into his place. “In there you will learn how201Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2fA2goAjoo
I made it to where you found me... waiting for you.”201Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr6sOElaKr1
This large box of clean glass filled to the brim with bubbling water, and in it, there201Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaSgrBQRAJ6
were these weird samples of life swimming back and forth. Restlessly.201Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBZ87RDw5OU
They reminded me of all those that I had met; in the way in which they could see201Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKrOTi5reN1
the world in its entirety, but always constricted by the invisible walls, we all have201Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV2Z7YiiwWv
around ourselves. They also reminded me... of myself.201Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfLwTOgPDEk
“You know, at my age, this may take a while.” He flipped the first page with his left201Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡthmoRyQLzq
hand while his right went for a bigger pair of glasses. “Quite a while in fact.”201Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSyeIumIRtl
“You must go through all of it,” I remarked, “and understand.”201Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡem6LMWOP3T
“Wish I had something better than tea to palliate the process though.”201Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdB6Ujc47NF
He murmured.201Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuY2xCa3quw
“I will be in the next room,” I spoke softly.201Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQOT92T4tFK
“Oh, you like aquariums, do you?”201Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC0pbLontYz
“Aquariums...” I murmured...201Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSRVE8jlQga
“We can talk all about it later; but for now, I think you should grab some rest.”201Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsPmaxGLag3
He did not even look at me, his eyes were already too busy scurrying through those201Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmrCkMqjytO
first pages.201Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3OKCeEmVA3
“There is quite a comfortable couch in there as well. Why don’t you give it a try?201Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYh6gXaqu5l
Don’t worry, I will call for you when I am done with this.”201Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi5mcMul87A
“I just might.”
And with that, I left him to it..
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-end of prologue
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