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He approached the table, and after having planted all the preparations, he began170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFZNgpve2vw
pouring some orangey looking liquid into each of those mugs.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfiOIa5Ct9b
“There you go.” He said as he finished pouring, “This will do you good.”170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyPG28BIJBx
“Thank you.”170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqlVDtbTmVZ
“You must drink all of it.” He told me as he grabbed hold of one of those mugs.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKYRExYRZGG
“Ouch!” I complained, “Too hot.”170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlZRXmlaM9H
“That is how it is served, and how it should be taken.” He went on to sit quite170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfCm9KBPFn3
comfortably on an old dusty chair across that table. He drank his share in one swift170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ5XST6SXCB
gulp, and then he burped as he lit some sort of stick which he then placed in his170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1audVkJCtk
mouth. He seemed to be sucking on it and every time he did, the timid fire at the end170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFpsVoAXoBC
of it grew for a moment, before fading again. Curiosity was pouring from his eyes and170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFyqshVP4g4
lips now, just as that liquid had poured from that metal pot.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡndS5hxfTFw
“That was the beginning.” I cut off any further insistence...170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf9GtjaRylC
“The rest is all in here, huh?” He tried to sound uncaring, but I could see right170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZbX94Zk2wc
through him.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSLG5bcWuP2
“You are meant to read it.” I decided to indulge in the insisting game as well, and as170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGReRZNlZBH
I stood up, I fondly gazed at that notebook.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Fi35T51Nq
“Right.” He grabbed hold of it and placed it upon his lap, “According to you, that ol’170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8pqA7Sd4o1
fool wanted me to...” And then he opened it...170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8HZ5cwx9ZT
I slowly began making my way to the next room, for there was something that170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSwmuQ3ILfS
easily caught my eye the moment I set foot into his place. “In there you will learn how170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOjUaFMQ0d4
I made it to where you found me... waiting for you.”170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡontFlATLx9
This large box of clean glass filled to the brim with bubbling water, and in it, there170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrCQ6U70E3v
were these weird samples of life swimming back and forth. Restlessly.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI0lCMbfHYF
They reminded me of all those that I had met; in the way in which they could see170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxUma1X7t3k
the world in its entirety, but always constricted by the invisible walls, we all have170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG0H3PyebJw
around ourselves. They also reminded me... of myself.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaw4ABoLBQe
“You know, at my age, this may take a while.” He flipped the first page with his left170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6DuRW1GLRU
hand while his right went for a bigger pair of glasses. “Quite a while in fact.”170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjJrQVN0cQb
“You must go through all of it,” I remarked, “and understand.”170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjY429t4dyx
“Wish I had something better than tea to palliate the process though.”170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMSzb7yQCiA
He murmured.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhd4qcTxn2j
“I will be in the next room,” I spoke softly.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPeRsaBs0nC
“Oh, you like aquariums, do you?”170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwHzKYCp9qW
“Aquariums...” I murmured...170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPvf1qZQ7hY
“We can talk all about it later; but for now, I think you should grab some rest.”170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhVVWH36ZdK
He did not even look at me, his eyes were already too busy scurrying through those170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlTHhrJeiWj
first pages.170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD7DvAWaSLP
“There is quite a comfortable couch in there as well. Why don’t you give it a try?170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2OqUwkViiI
Don’t worry, I will call for you when I am done with this.”170Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKsu8aiFzbP
“I just might.”
And with that, I left him to it..
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-end of prologue
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