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He approached the table, and after having planted all the preparations, he began323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPY389tkrZM
pouring some orangey looking liquid into each of those mugs.323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeUrxmW5u5V
“There you go.” He said as he finished pouring, “This will do you good.”323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxfCVdQ3BE0
“Thank you.”323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmr6YkQazUL
“You must drink all of it.” He told me as he grabbed hold of one of those mugs.323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN0JXEhMxJR
“Ouch!” I complained, “Too hot.”323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJgOkXvVpLM
“That is how it is served, and how it should be taken.” He went on to sit quite323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5cxYQxB29p
comfortably on an old dusty chair across that table. He drank his share in one swift323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhm4MazpAF1
gulp, and then he burped as he lit some sort of stick which he then placed in his323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlj4HghhAqE
mouth. He seemed to be sucking on it and every time he did, the timid fire at the end323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHCxeonJOVg
of it grew for a moment, before fading again. Curiosity was pouring from his eyes and323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKmXd4YDH9e
lips now, just as that liquid had poured from that metal pot.323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4oz5me61v2
“That was the beginning.” I cut off any further insistence...323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrJtImhuU3J
“The rest is all in here, huh?” He tried to sound uncaring, but I could see right323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9WrAK2DFTg
through him.323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYdaOpha5tQ
“You are meant to read it.” I decided to indulge in the insisting game as well, and as323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDrE79QrDpF
I stood up, I fondly gazed at that notebook.323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcQBI6XtLAg
“Right.” He grabbed hold of it and placed it upon his lap, “According to you, that ol’323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZegbYLvn64
fool wanted me to...” And then he opened it...323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM4GhLCZqbu
I slowly began making my way to the next room, for there was something that323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMjVPCBuown
easily caught my eye the moment I set foot into his place. “In there you will learn how323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK2xA9jWNQT
I made it to where you found me... waiting for you.”323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmcOjVnxOjR
This large box of clean glass filled to the brim with bubbling water, and in it, there323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzoBAlMsnta
were these weird samples of life swimming back and forth. Restlessly.323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ5fbil4duG
They reminded me of all those that I had met; in the way in which they could see323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtGTDyTjBi3
the world in its entirety, but always constricted by the invisible walls, we all have323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1kHRMyAHsB
around ourselves. They also reminded me... of myself.323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Fp54rl5E0
“You know, at my age, this may take a while.” He flipped the first page with his left323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW0DIeLWLbq
hand while his right went for a bigger pair of glasses. “Quite a while in fact.”323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK5vC3iUyzY
“You must go through all of it,” I remarked, “and understand.”323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBEOme6aehY
“Wish I had something better than tea to palliate the process though.”323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaUBlmb6s2K
He murmured.323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN9kgLtnSrB
“I will be in the next room,” I spoke softly.323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE8xILwE8Rt
“Oh, you like aquariums, do you?”323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmvp127vLKy
“Aquariums...” I murmured...323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhvDfJKPokC
“We can talk all about it later; but for now, I think you should grab some rest.”323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ161V7BXYy6
He did not even look at me, his eyes were already too busy scurrying through those323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrVLEn264SK
first pages.323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgTUuvzJ5Qc
“There is quite a comfortable couch in there as well. Why don’t you give it a try?323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9sdVRLbncJ
Don’t worry, I will call for you when I am done with this.”323Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdgFlO9l0Xx
“I just might.”
And with that, I left him to it..
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-end of prologue
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