x
He approached the table, and after having planted all the preparations, he began321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLmtkf4e5VT
pouring some orangey looking liquid into each of those mugs.321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ12DflBftA2
“There you go.” He said as he finished pouring, “This will do you good.”321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUiNlLQjKpA
“Thank you.”321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO1mBo3KVb1
“You must drink all of it.” He told me as he grabbed hold of one of those mugs.321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAGOE31VAo7
“Ouch!” I complained, “Too hot.”321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQFXpbFer1S
“That is how it is served, and how it should be taken.” He went on to sit quite321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCoIrdrwkd3
comfortably on an old dusty chair across that table. He drank his share in one swift321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTBzozCJ9pe
gulp, and then he burped as he lit some sort of stick which he then placed in his321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKxDJVbhjqG
mouth. He seemed to be sucking on it and every time he did, the timid fire at the end321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI9AlpniwPc
of it grew for a moment, before fading again. Curiosity was pouring from his eyes and321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLLkwlOmic0
lips now, just as that liquid had poured from that metal pot.321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIVvXvqT8Xl
“That was the beginning.” I cut off any further insistence...321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl1V2E7s67x
“The rest is all in here, huh?” He tried to sound uncaring, but I could see right321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWQJSr8NSbu
through him.321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZS4SjK2NtO
“You are meant to read it.” I decided to indulge in the insisting game as well, and as321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuvXxSAPLRz
I stood up, I fondly gazed at that notebook.321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1shAI6YNZR
“Right.” He grabbed hold of it and placed it upon his lap, “According to you, that ol’321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnLA8cXAfUR
fool wanted me to...” And then he opened it...321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF1FJaYOZYh
I slowly began making my way to the next room, for there was something that321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh5bhjikaRw
easily caught my eye the moment I set foot into his place. “In there you will learn how321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLF2QuZWk6q
I made it to where you found me... waiting for you.”321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8mrvX7xZ2H
This large box of clean glass filled to the brim with bubbling water, and in it, there321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6lKExCxH8Q
were these weird samples of life swimming back and forth. Restlessly.321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlYex4rK1Qt
They reminded me of all those that I had met; in the way in which they could see321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGhaLpmlRfh
the world in its entirety, but always constricted by the invisible walls, we all have321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt39Sk0tZ8g
around ourselves. They also reminded me... of myself.321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX1k6Z9ZnQD
“You know, at my age, this may take a while.” He flipped the first page with his left321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8CagbiK7Ku
hand while his right went for a bigger pair of glasses. “Quite a while in fact.”321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlvCIWr1EGy
“You must go through all of it,” I remarked, “and understand.”321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVdHZwV8KFC
“Wish I had something better than tea to palliate the process though.”321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0hd19bdFZS
He murmured.321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUBWnVpKG6a
“I will be in the next room,” I spoke softly.321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZlReW7oRng
“Oh, you like aquariums, do you?”321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7dOgM2XMi6
“Aquariums...” I murmured...321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6bByN60Dpr
“We can talk all about it later; but for now, I think you should grab some rest.”321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx2j7xLPmJW
He did not even look at me, his eyes were already too busy scurrying through those321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6y6s4ak6e1
first pages.321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡldHpSmxdFw
“There is quite a comfortable couch in there as well. Why don’t you give it a try?321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY8PtgqB9k0
Don’t worry, I will call for you when I am done with this.”321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcaTTNwwD7c
“I just might.”
And with that, I left him to it..
321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsMtv51Len2
-end of prologue
ns216.73.216.126da2
