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He approached the table, and after having planted all the preparations, he began338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ZZiVmUgeH
pouring some orangey looking liquid into each of those mugs.338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4hGX8TNcxM
“There you go.” He said as he finished pouring, “This will do you good.”338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk0ckSLSWX4
“Thank you.”338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGwnLQKYbFD
“You must drink all of it.” He told me as he grabbed hold of one of those mugs.338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHLZl5mYcVm
“Ouch!” I complained, “Too hot.”338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡneIcbxcGRT
“That is how it is served, and how it should be taken.” He went on to sit quite338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFrFQuJ1AAk
comfortably on an old dusty chair across that table. He drank his share in one swift338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf1fvsnVl0q
gulp, and then he burped as he lit some sort of stick which he then placed in his338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVthtLAmpD5
mouth. He seemed to be sucking on it and every time he did, the timid fire at the end338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡojVteDlGhM
of it grew for a moment, before fading again. Curiosity was pouring from his eyes and338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGulwLbuCv0
lips now, just as that liquid had poured from that metal pot.338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzYoRrjQwyu
“That was the beginning.” I cut off any further insistence...338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkaaCwNJOjV
“The rest is all in here, huh?” He tried to sound uncaring, but I could see right338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6sJcJS8Hks
through him.338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5HVEp9TJxU
“You are meant to read it.” I decided to indulge in the insisting game as well, and as338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWfCnMICzH9
I stood up, I fondly gazed at that notebook.338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAsNEuSuGH6
“Right.” He grabbed hold of it and placed it upon his lap, “According to you, that ol’338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVhAGbO47a9
fool wanted me to...” And then he opened it...338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlM7UB7MotC
I slowly began making my way to the next room, for there was something that338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPNSU3lkUzU
easily caught my eye the moment I set foot into his place. “In there you will learn how338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw9tWDHW53R
I made it to where you found me... waiting for you.”338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp0HQHeFHj4
This large box of clean glass filled to the brim with bubbling water, and in it, there338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGI8sKBFkEs
were these weird samples of life swimming back and forth. Restlessly.338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkX6nGMTCQR
They reminded me of all those that I had met; in the way in which they could see338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0zy8dvb9hE
the world in its entirety, but always constricted by the invisible walls, we all have338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtKB7hNisxI
around ourselves. They also reminded me... of myself.338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL8p4UtgvPF
“You know, at my age, this may take a while.” He flipped the first page with his left338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8oskU8hCUu
hand while his right went for a bigger pair of glasses. “Quite a while in fact.”338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5kcnOJffzh
“You must go through all of it,” I remarked, “and understand.”338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpZgMGctiVG
“Wish I had something better than tea to palliate the process though.”338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1aUkzDZfn7
He murmured.338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJNCxP8kbka
“I will be in the next room,” I spoke softly.338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlgIOuuBEqz
“Oh, you like aquariums, do you?”338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ZG4CKvSma
“Aquariums...” I murmured...338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQc6bbaNjnV
“We can talk all about it later; but for now, I think you should grab some rest.”338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPi94XUZQry
He did not even look at me, his eyes were already too busy scurrying through those338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOjYbeUkHby
first pages.338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqcjxS90xld
“There is quite a comfortable couch in there as well. Why don’t you give it a try?338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrJfgTpPQjj
Don’t worry, I will call for you when I am done with this.”338Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2dO9oKKEDf
“I just might.”
And with that, I left him to it..
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-end of prologue
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