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He approached the table, and after having planted all the preparations, he began345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbqNZXQbreC
pouring some orangey looking liquid into each of those mugs.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtD43Mf2ZV0
“There you go.” He said as he finished pouring, “This will do you good.”345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFJZkYxKHde
“Thank you.”345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2rmkHcQZhj
“You must drink all of it.” He told me as he grabbed hold of one of those mugs.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTLgWxzElI5
“Ouch!” I complained, “Too hot.”345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXA5il800j1
“That is how it is served, and how it should be taken.” He went on to sit quite345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt0lxese6fF
comfortably on an old dusty chair across that table. He drank his share in one swift345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ86r90KxLXX
gulp, and then he burped as he lit some sort of stick which he then placed in his345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRpQXHcrZBz
mouth. He seemed to be sucking on it and every time he did, the timid fire at the end345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnriEEIJdqy
of it grew for a moment, before fading again. Curiosity was pouring from his eyes and345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK2ITM7MM3G
lips now, just as that liquid had poured from that metal pot.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAqcDyEWj8X
“That was the beginning.” I cut off any further insistence...345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMduq25JhX5
“The rest is all in here, huh?” He tried to sound uncaring, but I could see right345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeqWlHNl6kF
through him.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOp8U6Q5X1n
“You are meant to read it.” I decided to indulge in the insisting game as well, and as345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRoz7MrKuag
I stood up, I fondly gazed at that notebook.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡszvuFlJKOD
“Right.” He grabbed hold of it and placed it upon his lap, “According to you, that ol’345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqhtYFlIm9d
fool wanted me to...” And then he opened it...345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwcgVw0wXWt
I slowly began making my way to the next room, for there was something that345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKyZgixwOf8
easily caught my eye the moment I set foot into his place. “In there you will learn how345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDCyMH2gL8D
I made it to where you found me... waiting for you.”345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqnnl6siMxH
This large box of clean glass filled to the brim with bubbling water, and in it, there345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSQjHUorEJu
were these weird samples of life swimming back and forth. Restlessly.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBQh3U2AG54
They reminded me of all those that I had met; in the way in which they could see345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrubnqihtFy
the world in its entirety, but always constricted by the invisible walls, we all have345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwNcAdDG9vq
around ourselves. They also reminded me... of myself.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfa46H37IjY
“You know, at my age, this may take a while.” He flipped the first page with his left345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXlqj2Lw6ze
hand while his right went for a bigger pair of glasses. “Quite a while in fact.”345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3deG2Pp4Gs
“You must go through all of it,” I remarked, “and understand.”345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnCNj9D0AYT
“Wish I had something better than tea to palliate the process though.”345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFNITHMtzPZ
He murmured.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgB0duUpVtG
“I will be in the next room,” I spoke softly.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAxLf7dedqi
“Oh, you like aquariums, do you?”345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD59jCAQrwk
“Aquariums...” I murmured...345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGetl7qyQEi
“We can talk all about it later; but for now, I think you should grab some rest.”345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvvG2VUbxw6
He did not even look at me, his eyes were already too busy scurrying through those345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQTE9wpCkoc
first pages.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF1y2lE38jw
“There is quite a comfortable couch in there as well. Why don’t you give it a try?345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJfVVMaQ4FV
Don’t worry, I will call for you when I am done with this.”345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3PbL1bm4t9
“I just might.”
And with that, I left him to it..
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-end of prologue
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