
He approached the table, and after having planted all the preparations, he began281Please respect copyright.PENANA3U1kSuWtLv
pouring some orangey looking liquid into each of those mugs.281Please respect copyright.PENANAOmyidAMasn
“There you go.” He said as he finished pouring, “This will do you good.”281Please respect copyright.PENANAMtopafwhLD
“Thank you.”281Please respect copyright.PENANA2F0TT0jbj8
“You must drink all of it.” He told me as he grabbed hold of one of those mugs.281Please respect copyright.PENANAGayI0TDt8b
“Ouch!” I complained, “Too hot.”281Please respect copyright.PENANArvLL2hLw8V
“That is how it is served, and how it should be taken.” He went on to sit quite281Please respect copyright.PENANAoVd4LmoXpw
comfortably on an old dusty chair across that table. He drank his share in one swift281Please respect copyright.PENANA7NOFDwr5vw
gulp, and then he burped as he lit some sort of stick which he then placed in his281Please respect copyright.PENANAjLY3epvF3D
mouth. He seemed to be sucking on it and every time he did, the timid fire at the end281Please respect copyright.PENANA44gbuWMGFM
of it grew for a moment, before fading again. Curiosity was pouring from his eyes and281Please respect copyright.PENANAW0hPTIg0nW
lips now, just as that liquid had poured from that metal pot.281Please respect copyright.PENANApNxYclBQtB
“That was the beginning.” I cut off any further insistence...281Please respect copyright.PENANA2gUb2dEsOC
“The rest is all in here, huh?” He tried to sound uncaring, but I could see right281Please respect copyright.PENANATHxpgxCrJo
through him.281Please respect copyright.PENANAv5A3qVcoPk
“You are meant to read it.” I decided to indulge in the insisting game as well, and as281Please respect copyright.PENANApZLC8OJ76Y
I stood up, I fondly gazed at that notebook.281Please respect copyright.PENANA31RnB98cv2
“Right.” He grabbed hold of it and placed it upon his lap, “According to you, that ol’281Please respect copyright.PENANAXFmLDJeMdv
fool wanted me to...” And then he opened it...281Please respect copyright.PENANAPtvJO55RAl
I slowly began making my way to the next room, for there was something that281Please respect copyright.PENANACCv26dWMdP
easily caught my eye the moment I set foot into his place. “In there you will learn how281Please respect copyright.PENANArqNRTfU7Co
I made it to where you found me... waiting for you.”281Please respect copyright.PENANALU4kTtrE1m
This large box of clean glass filled to the brim with bubbling water, and in it, there281Please respect copyright.PENANAYqiyPrqomb
were these weird samples of life swimming back and forth. Restlessly.281Please respect copyright.PENANAEoruSSpn4L
They reminded me of all those that I had met; in the way in which they could see281Please respect copyright.PENANAUfBAQL7YQM
the world in its entirety, but always constricted by the invisible walls, we all have281Please respect copyright.PENANAwu6Ei4gRPF
around ourselves. They also reminded me... of myself.281Please respect copyright.PENANAulDxgBmtNT
“You know, at my age, this may take a while.” He flipped the first page with his left281Please respect copyright.PENANAEFvCvMgFPd
hand while his right went for a bigger pair of glasses. “Quite a while in fact.”281Please respect copyright.PENANAPeHaag5sgM
“You must go through all of it,” I remarked, “and understand.”281Please respect copyright.PENANABCnfdh0Q3f
“Wish I had something better than tea to palliate the process though.”281Please respect copyright.PENANA38fMSkgI1Y
He murmured.281Please respect copyright.PENANAYBNfN99zIo
“I will be in the next room,” I spoke softly.281Please respect copyright.PENANA1pkybTG6aX
“Oh, you like aquariums, do you?”281Please respect copyright.PENANA4Iw6HJMyD3
“Aquariums...” I murmured...281Please respect copyright.PENANA0ShWqfSRLz
“We can talk all about it later; but for now, I think you should grab some rest.”281Please respect copyright.PENANA2keF6yqtdB
He did not even look at me, his eyes were already too busy scurrying through those281Please respect copyright.PENANAcJuQK8vFTY
first pages.281Please respect copyright.PENANAxKv6m32iJZ
“There is quite a comfortable couch in there as well. Why don’t you give it a try?281Please respect copyright.PENANAGb9XGoObhq
Don’t worry, I will call for you when I am done with this.”281Please respect copyright.PENANAHqGfQ43hLO
“I just might.”
And with that, I left him to it..
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-end of prologue
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