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He approached the table, and after having planted all the preparations, he began262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqlfpBkOSy1
pouring some orangey looking liquid into each of those mugs.262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaf2sgGSv8R
“There you go.” He said as he finished pouring, “This will do you good.”262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz0O9POqUOM
“Thank you.”262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5CwrJaPstT
“You must drink all of it.” He told me as he grabbed hold of one of those mugs.262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3VMO7jE8ee
“Ouch!” I complained, “Too hot.”262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlaY16HzFz5
“That is how it is served, and how it should be taken.” He went on to sit quite262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPBoW0Nyj7F
comfortably on an old dusty chair across that table. He drank his share in one swift262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVPk5essNc8
gulp, and then he burped as he lit some sort of stick which he then placed in his262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY16Zk20sOF
mouth. He seemed to be sucking on it and every time he did, the timid fire at the end262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbeujfvcl7a
of it grew for a moment, before fading again. Curiosity was pouring from his eyes and262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj7PKZbsjlE
lips now, just as that liquid had poured from that metal pot.262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYmQehMLMRK
“That was the beginning.” I cut off any further insistence...262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡycUzzGjzcJ
“The rest is all in here, huh?” He tried to sound uncaring, but I could see right262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjzdprzjgrr
through him.262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2VtUL3rGYk
“You are meant to read it.” I decided to indulge in the insisting game as well, and as262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSwnnqcrcpl
I stood up, I fondly gazed at that notebook.262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt32xZoCbV3
“Right.” He grabbed hold of it and placed it upon his lap, “According to you, that ol’262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkQrJpwoAYr
fool wanted me to...” And then he opened it...262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiZ3gGhRq5G
I slowly began making my way to the next room, for there was something that262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV9p1xfARAW
easily caught my eye the moment I set foot into his place. “In there you will learn how262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcmodF1cAde
I made it to where you found me... waiting for you.”262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCSqZMoxfmN
This large box of clean glass filled to the brim with bubbling water, and in it, there262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFER0D8xjpS
were these weird samples of life swimming back and forth. Restlessly.262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPKEDgFcabG
They reminded me of all those that I had met; in the way in which they could see262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEnU8SzKTmC
the world in its entirety, but always constricted by the invisible walls, we all have262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZKe76huxXx
around ourselves. They also reminded me... of myself.262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqygFebPns3
“You know, at my age, this may take a while.” He flipped the first page with his left262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLgbTIkqhHv
hand while his right went for a bigger pair of glasses. “Quite a while in fact.”262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8a7uXPAgkU
“You must go through all of it,” I remarked, “and understand.”262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtvdzoOTIn6
“Wish I had something better than tea to palliate the process though.”262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNk3RY5mr0T
He murmured.262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCUU5wXakWA
“I will be in the next room,” I spoke softly.262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4vhzu2G02T
“Oh, you like aquariums, do you?”262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKQIMvmG3PL
“Aquariums...” I murmured...262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQcsCO3aq0y
“We can talk all about it later; but for now, I think you should grab some rest.”262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIpEAlEwY8u
He did not even look at me, his eyes were already too busy scurrying through those262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5KDt0KhKBC
first pages.262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkGe33C0juS
“There is quite a comfortable couch in there as well. Why don’t you give it a try?262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjAc77XJX5I
Don’t worry, I will call for you when I am done with this.”262Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr9vYUVfmlZ
“I just might.”
And with that, I left him to it..
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-end of prologue
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