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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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