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He approached the table, and after having planted all the preparations, he began272Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBfFS5sfzoJ
pouring some orangey looking liquid into each of those mugs.272Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyFc3CroA58
“There you go.” He said as he finished pouring, “This will do you good.”272Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz4XLgAtzw0
“Thank you.”272Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYsus7LmMjJ
“You must drink all of it.” He told me as he grabbed hold of one of those mugs.272Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuPt7RGKDVD
“Ouch!” I complained, “Too hot.”272Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZmdKUTudy8
“That is how it is served, and how it should be taken.” He went on to sit quite272Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv3LLIC6aJE
comfortably on an old dusty chair across that table. He drank his share in one swift272Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXkNeMCTClD
gulp, and then he burped as he lit some sort of stick which he then placed in his272Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0DOHQiSP4O
mouth. He seemed to be sucking on it and every time he did, the timid fire at the end272Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLfJYLybzf4
of it grew for a moment, before fading again. Curiosity was pouring from his eyes and272Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf4b1ZwKMWP
lips now, just as that liquid had poured from that metal pot.272Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgvE9xfJjYw
“That was the beginning.” I cut off any further insistence...272Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqLHNPrpfZn
“The rest is all in here, huh?” He tried to sound uncaring, but I could see right272Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3AlosbCLEH
through him.272Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL4lAZ82ipG
“You are meant to read it.” I decided to indulge in the insisting game as well, and as272Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5wtAtqFmYj
I stood up, I fondly gazed at that notebook.272Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDJhltZsBXr
“Right.” He grabbed hold of it and placed it upon his lap, “According to you, that ol’272Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFduWBEasPq
fool wanted me to...” And then he opened it...272Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYhPOdgnFjB
I slowly began making my way to the next room, for there was something that272Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR0LNkbuxGM
easily caught my eye the moment I set foot into his place. “In there you will learn how272Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlWlZOdw9yl
I made it to where you found me... waiting for you.”272Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSEfmpzDvt7
This large box of clean glass filled to the brim with bubbling water, and in it, there272Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOq6QJlVXVl
were these weird samples of life swimming back and forth. Restlessly.272Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE5Up0nQaKb
They reminded me of all those that I had met; in the way in which they could see272Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7znHUFW1PH
the world in its entirety, but always constricted by the invisible walls, we all have272Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2ohHmwcPCg
around ourselves. They also reminded me... of myself.272Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnOx0vD8TzS
“You know, at my age, this may take a while.” He flipped the first page with his left272Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl3HeEyQ2gl
hand while his right went for a bigger pair of glasses. “Quite a while in fact.”272Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6N7oAykvdV
“You must go through all of it,” I remarked, “and understand.”272Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡypehgaHJ6g
“Wish I had something better than tea to palliate the process though.”272Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEIcyNiKDuF
He murmured.272Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2cZHQuk66s
“I will be in the next room,” I spoke softly.272Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcNE4LuZvsl
“Oh, you like aquariums, do you?”272Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2ug4jCaSkt
“Aquariums...” I murmured...272Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC0BhFLUZCY
“We can talk all about it later; but for now, I think you should grab some rest.”272Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpiWRpuwzIR
He did not even look at me, his eyes were already too busy scurrying through those272Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHxbfKehCIt
first pages.272Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFRHEPUXQuW
“There is quite a comfortable couch in there as well. Why don’t you give it a try?272Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAgacip9FoQ
Don’t worry, I will call for you when I am done with this.”272Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfT7iBkz1Sf
“I just might.”
And with that, I left him to it..
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-end of prologue
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