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He approached the table, and after having planted all the preparations, he began200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKXl8HCfQyo
pouring some orangey looking liquid into each of those mugs.200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4xyiua5HVY
“There you go.” He said as he finished pouring, “This will do you good.”200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRFfvjmYsFf
“Thank you.”200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfvbDfcXrtb
“You must drink all of it.” He told me as he grabbed hold of one of those mugs.200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT4WYbhzMD5
“Ouch!” I complained, “Too hot.”200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZyjhMio1Z1
“That is how it is served, and how it should be taken.” He went on to sit quite200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGZvq2TxJ4r
comfortably on an old dusty chair across that table. He drank his share in one swift200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmkxo2NMfHX
gulp, and then he burped as he lit some sort of stick which he then placed in his200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeoAVM9gIiM
mouth. He seemed to be sucking on it and every time he did, the timid fire at the end200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp7G3R3D90x
of it grew for a moment, before fading again. Curiosity was pouring from his eyes and200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdju4DDfxzB
lips now, just as that liquid had poured from that metal pot.200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXDkrZH6tvD
“That was the beginning.” I cut off any further insistence...200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLVrmTQZI7n
“The rest is all in here, huh?” He tried to sound uncaring, but I could see right200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT59JvcvFe5
through him.200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsDOnT7xqDc
“You are meant to read it.” I decided to indulge in the insisting game as well, and as200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzcQCzEVM7M
I stood up, I fondly gazed at that notebook.200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUZuugAGrFL
“Right.” He grabbed hold of it and placed it upon his lap, “According to you, that ol’200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Cxt7Yu049
fool wanted me to...” And then he opened it...200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuHDBv9DxL9
I slowly began making my way to the next room, for there was something that200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjMfBTbKvsK
easily caught my eye the moment I set foot into his place. “In there you will learn how200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡym9pXw4cL0
I made it to where you found me... waiting for you.”200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA270qxsZqm
This large box of clean glass filled to the brim with bubbling water, and in it, there200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkiffI5vffO
were these weird samples of life swimming back and forth. Restlessly.200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3143H7h4qV
They reminded me of all those that I had met; in the way in which they could see200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ30f6RM7kq9
the world in its entirety, but always constricted by the invisible walls, we all have200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwDFSxd0U7V
around ourselves. They also reminded me... of myself.200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5GD45kps1s
“You know, at my age, this may take a while.” He flipped the first page with his left200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdijOjDsqj3
hand while his right went for a bigger pair of glasses. “Quite a while in fact.”200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHZS3PGn47T
“You must go through all of it,” I remarked, “and understand.”200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG9oTAATBZG
“Wish I had something better than tea to palliate the process though.”200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfhyG2mQBzp
He murmured.200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUOeAejR4io
“I will be in the next room,” I spoke softly.200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxBJ0VwtCB0
“Oh, you like aquariums, do you?”200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2LeVrS7pfw
“Aquariums...” I murmured...200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBJ9ul6E5k9
“We can talk all about it later; but for now, I think you should grab some rest.”200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ928re1X3l6
He did not even look at me, his eyes were already too busy scurrying through those200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpArjYqLqQP
first pages.200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbJStLx1Td2
“There is quite a comfortable couch in there as well. Why don’t you give it a try?200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa7hLItgxHW
Don’t worry, I will call for you when I am done with this.”200Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkDBkXeptIX
“I just might.”
And with that, I left him to it..
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-end of prologue
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