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He approached the table, and after having planted all the preparations, he began370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeZLj42HQtD
pouring some orangey looking liquid into each of those mugs.370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd3zEldaaqd
“There you go.” He said as he finished pouring, “This will do you good.”370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoJY77RpbRr
“Thank you.”370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFQF5jdAJGx
“You must drink all of it.” He told me as he grabbed hold of one of those mugs.370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfgBJzUBwUe
“Ouch!” I complained, “Too hot.”370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd8hwtbnArB
“That is how it is served, and how it should be taken.” He went on to sit quite370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9TY3HZ8mly
comfortably on an old dusty chair across that table. He drank his share in one swift370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN9l5yx71xi
gulp, and then he burped as he lit some sort of stick which he then placed in his370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbzK4IK9Nf6
mouth. He seemed to be sucking on it and every time he did, the timid fire at the end370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡElj4E54U6S
of it grew for a moment, before fading again. Curiosity was pouring from his eyes and370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFMMZ5jpcrG
lips now, just as that liquid had poured from that metal pot.370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3xK03XrpBG
“That was the beginning.” I cut off any further insistence...370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpOq4D6KuMc
“The rest is all in here, huh?” He tried to sound uncaring, but I could see right370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3x0erPRkxt
through him.370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIJSVqiXmiP
“You are meant to read it.” I decided to indulge in the insisting game as well, and as370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtHiHhQ03HA
I stood up, I fondly gazed at that notebook.370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmXZ8p0Ey82
“Right.” He grabbed hold of it and placed it upon his lap, “According to you, that ol’370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkNeSZpH7PQ
fool wanted me to...” And then he opened it...370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdxfciaakVP
I slowly began making my way to the next room, for there was something that370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJuXc50V6HJ
easily caught my eye the moment I set foot into his place. “In there you will learn how370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHf1EVTN38i
I made it to where you found me... waiting for you.”370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPmAswcwtUY
This large box of clean glass filled to the brim with bubbling water, and in it, there370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq7WFJchB9Q
were these weird samples of life swimming back and forth. Restlessly.370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkeGQvZ6Vfk
They reminded me of all those that I had met; in the way in which they could see370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiHPmsCveKF
the world in its entirety, but always constricted by the invisible walls, we all have370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe96KEmVVHR
around ourselves. They also reminded me... of myself.370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRAil19argX
“You know, at my age, this may take a while.” He flipped the first page with his left370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6O4rh16hhA
hand while his right went for a bigger pair of glasses. “Quite a while in fact.”370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyitqlvV3sI
“You must go through all of it,” I remarked, “and understand.”370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHdT4kif7NT
“Wish I had something better than tea to palliate the process though.”370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpYQjmiQDpW
He murmured.370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVD7aExz2Gi
“I will be in the next room,” I spoke softly.370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Ivbyf6MUD
“Oh, you like aquariums, do you?”370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVpJzxNl2DA
“Aquariums...” I murmured...370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNcylt1vxtR
“We can talk all about it later; but for now, I think you should grab some rest.”370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ45KQ6wI9CH
He did not even look at me, his eyes were already too busy scurrying through those370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdQx29E3mpH
first pages.370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpMfdAAgsSM
“There is quite a comfortable couch in there as well. Why don’t you give it a try?370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7DdiEXSIoq
Don’t worry, I will call for you when I am done with this.”370Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt60KGvE0OB
“I just might.”
And with that, I left him to it..
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-end of prologue
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