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He approached the table, and after having planted all the preparations, he began372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk5RD8Q9WG1
pouring some orangey looking liquid into each of those mugs.372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqYHOx4FgrC
“There you go.” He said as he finished pouring, “This will do you good.”372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0hT4L8bTTT
“Thank you.”372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1WO6rzJh8B
“You must drink all of it.” He told me as he grabbed hold of one of those mugs.372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4DVMBsZcL3
“Ouch!” I complained, “Too hot.”372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLTfdbe0Ylw
“That is how it is served, and how it should be taken.” He went on to sit quite372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkCB4nVRHqx
comfortably on an old dusty chair across that table. He drank his share in one swift372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡojwGClJxCk
gulp, and then he burped as he lit some sort of stick which he then placed in his372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgrfCr28dM8
mouth. He seemed to be sucking on it and every time he did, the timid fire at the end372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe7VvQqG0Pv
of it grew for a moment, before fading again. Curiosity was pouring from his eyes and372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ34ga30mL1F
lips now, just as that liquid had poured from that metal pot.372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOdkAVdUH7i
“That was the beginning.” I cut off any further insistence...372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvmIOYyOrFJ
“The rest is all in here, huh?” He tried to sound uncaring, but I could see right372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrLxcvpKogr
through him.372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc0xNFsMtbn
“You are meant to read it.” I decided to indulge in the insisting game as well, and as372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCaTUjljxyD
I stood up, I fondly gazed at that notebook.372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEdxSl1Lih0
“Right.” He grabbed hold of it and placed it upon his lap, “According to you, that ol’372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFP5cyzuSTd
fool wanted me to...” And then he opened it...372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYZ0mpM90Yc
I slowly began making my way to the next room, for there was something that372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK6Obsit7CL
easily caught my eye the moment I set foot into his place. “In there you will learn how372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡST5l66ZSdc
I made it to where you found me... waiting for you.”372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8EOozoGBgj
This large box of clean glass filled to the brim with bubbling water, and in it, there372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡokLq6ZT9Bx
were these weird samples of life swimming back and forth. Restlessly.372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHoVRuUYUnk
They reminded me of all those that I had met; in the way in which they could see372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs7nGfd0GPK
the world in its entirety, but always constricted by the invisible walls, we all have372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdc4oSkQwFR
around ourselves. They also reminded me... of myself.372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLyBkP2f9Ut
“You know, at my age, this may take a while.” He flipped the first page with his left372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXfye5xX93C
hand while his right went for a bigger pair of glasses. “Quite a while in fact.”372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4hFAjCc13L
“You must go through all of it,” I remarked, “and understand.”372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXs35saXTDu
“Wish I had something better than tea to palliate the process though.”372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHem5sZIzF3
He murmured.372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtxflOgVuMN
“I will be in the next room,” I spoke softly.372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtZ5AQHA8Pf
“Oh, you like aquariums, do you?”372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlCo068DBQ3
“Aquariums...” I murmured...372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ92Qbtg5dXC
“We can talk all about it later; but for now, I think you should grab some rest.”372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiXhsAzbOH6
He did not even look at me, his eyes were already too busy scurrying through those372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQxPL6hVKEJ
first pages.372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4bgVsqq0SH
“There is quite a comfortable couch in there as well. Why don’t you give it a try?372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbgynoxVyvB
Don’t worry, I will call for you when I am done with this.”372Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmcToyJNBuL
“I just might.”
And with that, I left him to it..
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-end of prologue
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