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He approached the table, and after having planted all the preparations, he began269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKKJMDZVjTY
pouring some orangey looking liquid into each of those mugs.269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcepuH0ImQm
“There you go.” He said as he finished pouring, “This will do you good.”269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnzVtC71e2H
“Thank you.”269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb9c8e6BDQF
“You must drink all of it.” He told me as he grabbed hold of one of those mugs.269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmBTPaQyvOe
“Ouch!” I complained, “Too hot.”269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdqaPG7EYl3
“That is how it is served, and how it should be taken.” He went on to sit quite269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjDSvBOLYId
comfortably on an old dusty chair across that table. He drank his share in one swift269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJV0BPU3fcp
gulp, and then he burped as he lit some sort of stick which he then placed in his269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrqUFaFL69z
mouth. He seemed to be sucking on it and every time he did, the timid fire at the end269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyQQsXkEGyj
of it grew for a moment, before fading again. Curiosity was pouring from his eyes and269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0wpXz5Twtt
lips now, just as that liquid had poured from that metal pot.269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWC6R1ISrtZ
“That was the beginning.” I cut off any further insistence...269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYQprvjEKK4
“The rest is all in here, huh?” He tried to sound uncaring, but I could see right269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7RM9ICGIcT
through him.269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNimtJNUstq
“You are meant to read it.” I decided to indulge in the insisting game as well, and as269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLykaNJ6EJG
I stood up, I fondly gazed at that notebook.269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR7JuLMzmM2
“Right.” He grabbed hold of it and placed it upon his lap, “According to you, that ol’269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ43HWZzQxf4
fool wanted me to...” And then he opened it...269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSDTWBtZU1I
I slowly began making my way to the next room, for there was something that269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQpSX5aCW3F
easily caught my eye the moment I set foot into his place. “In there you will learn how269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf4ehRCRt2C
I made it to where you found me... waiting for you.”269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsea1olupwM
This large box of clean glass filled to the brim with bubbling water, and in it, there269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6KvDerNrMT
were these weird samples of life swimming back and forth. Restlessly.269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKlVCc7skzp
They reminded me of all those that I had met; in the way in which they could see269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4gDjNgECCg
the world in its entirety, but always constricted by the invisible walls, we all have269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJAM3vRBGrC
around ourselves. They also reminded me... of myself.269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYnEjiz0dzO
“You know, at my age, this may take a while.” He flipped the first page with his left269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdsYLCus9OO
hand while his right went for a bigger pair of glasses. “Quite a while in fact.”269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgVHb3BdXjT
“You must go through all of it,” I remarked, “and understand.”269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfHXrkDPfNB
“Wish I had something better than tea to palliate the process though.”269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3uP65Fa8Lg
He murmured.269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKQSHqhDaE1
“I will be in the next room,” I spoke softly.269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhmi9fUQfhp
“Oh, you like aquariums, do you?”269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKV0VxGVCr2
“Aquariums...” I murmured...269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡubout5V0Ck
“We can talk all about it later; but for now, I think you should grab some rest.”269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa3Qztuf7JU
He did not even look at me, his eyes were already too busy scurrying through those269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZjoKLrE91D
first pages.269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXUe4hdD3iI
“There is quite a comfortable couch in there as well. Why don’t you give it a try?269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP1DA6humtw
Don’t worry, I will call for you when I am done with this.”269Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5s9Xc0cYCf
“I just might.”
And with that, I left him to it..
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-end of prologue
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