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He approached the table, and after having planted all the preparations, he began215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlwPrQ0yooV
pouring some orangey looking liquid into each of those mugs.215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGgSqgQV60A
“There you go.” He said as he finished pouring, “This will do you good.”215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ43araWjBRE
“Thank you.”215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOHkkGb2vTd
“You must drink all of it.” He told me as he grabbed hold of one of those mugs.215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdsDLHAlRvS
“Ouch!” I complained, “Too hot.”215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrZysQSF2Me
“That is how it is served, and how it should be taken.” He went on to sit quite215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5wbecFw5x3
comfortably on an old dusty chair across that table. He drank his share in one swift215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0sPDIMFk9U
gulp, and then he burped as he lit some sort of stick which he then placed in his215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsvPBILBopP
mouth. He seemed to be sucking on it and every time he did, the timid fire at the end215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW1eI9doGSc
of it grew for a moment, before fading again. Curiosity was pouring from his eyes and215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf0dlSd0rp8
lips now, just as that liquid had poured from that metal pot.215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4NEzIHNdA5
“That was the beginning.” I cut off any further insistence...215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtO3wHZp5O9
“The rest is all in here, huh?” He tried to sound uncaring, but I could see right215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6zhACUj2B1
through him.215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgyzefAdsoY
“You are meant to read it.” I decided to indulge in the insisting game as well, and as215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEPvNCBu33U
I stood up, I fondly gazed at that notebook.215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVzD4sDwQvv
“Right.” He grabbed hold of it and placed it upon his lap, “According to you, that ol’215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDKwPOpjdv1
fool wanted me to...” And then he opened it...215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVG1n0QDnkP
I slowly began making my way to the next room, for there was something that215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2G5vS4iKMz
easily caught my eye the moment I set foot into his place. “In there you will learn how215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv4Yhd9A3cB
I made it to where you found me... waiting for you.”215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiqVGIKkkYg
This large box of clean glass filled to the brim with bubbling water, and in it, there215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡetcqcR0TMb
were these weird samples of life swimming back and forth. Restlessly.215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIXgIc0aI6n
They reminded me of all those that I had met; in the way in which they could see215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuh0ckckdtK
the world in its entirety, but always constricted by the invisible walls, we all have215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUzEEW9Wbva
around ourselves. They also reminded me... of myself.215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcq1FD1dIbD
“You know, at my age, this may take a while.” He flipped the first page with his left215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp5o9zJrqhn
hand while his right went for a bigger pair of glasses. “Quite a while in fact.”215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeR3865VGBJ
“You must go through all of it,” I remarked, “and understand.”215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMD04AzyfAU
“Wish I had something better than tea to palliate the process though.”215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo7ALkOT88T
He murmured.215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqc8UoOEm4u
“I will be in the next room,” I spoke softly.215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡft5RVP7SfO
“Oh, you like aquariums, do you?”215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡplW7yqFiY3
“Aquariums...” I murmured...215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡphDbPd1Kle
“We can talk all about it later; but for now, I think you should grab some rest.”215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxN6ja5sLsu
He did not even look at me, his eyes were already too busy scurrying through those215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSVt3iZUNzj
first pages.215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1PcsjYlDRV
“There is quite a comfortable couch in there as well. Why don’t you give it a try?215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuNPf9UZ8L1
Don’t worry, I will call for you when I am done with this.”215Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYSdKbkuT7h
“I just might.”
And with that, I left him to it..
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-end of prologue
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