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He approached the table, and after having planted all the preparations, he began292Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmILTP0nafK
pouring some orangey looking liquid into each of those mugs.292Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNPf3GymbDU
“There you go.” He said as he finished pouring, “This will do you good.”292Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhqf6WHffQU
“Thank you.”292Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo7FWBYomI4
“You must drink all of it.” He told me as he grabbed hold of one of those mugs.292Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVO9qJuU2ju
“Ouch!” I complained, “Too hot.”292Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpjyjw6ka1h
“That is how it is served, and how it should be taken.” He went on to sit quite292Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnMPdYsjskI
comfortably on an old dusty chair across that table. He drank his share in one swift292Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc5jOEfVyjh
gulp, and then he burped as he lit some sort of stick which he then placed in his292Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwNWnz4lE8K
mouth. He seemed to be sucking on it and every time he did, the timid fire at the end292Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV2W1SFn3uB
of it grew for a moment, before fading again. Curiosity was pouring from his eyes and292Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJdyUeywKog
lips now, just as that liquid had poured from that metal pot.292Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdEEoEsTmrT
“That was the beginning.” I cut off any further insistence...292Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡveDvlzGNdB
“The rest is all in here, huh?” He tried to sound uncaring, but I could see right292Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq3fdUyfKbK
through him.292Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq58jQw3ldZ
“You are meant to read it.” I decided to indulge in the insisting game as well, and as292Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVx3NNDjhMQ
I stood up, I fondly gazed at that notebook.292Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqEsDUPN1tE
“Right.” He grabbed hold of it and placed it upon his lap, “According to you, that ol’292Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsK968oqZAT
fool wanted me to...” And then he opened it...292Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT9blPMHwrr
I slowly began making my way to the next room, for there was something that292Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZGT0PoxweS
easily caught my eye the moment I set foot into his place. “In there you will learn how292Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoUAWuPwgNB
I made it to where you found me... waiting for you.”292Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmmwu0bUwrj
This large box of clean glass filled to the brim with bubbling water, and in it, there292Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Zyc7iWBsm
were these weird samples of life swimming back and forth. Restlessly.292Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs2MjjL2MeR
They reminded me of all those that I had met; in the way in which they could see292Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU7FKERizbB
the world in its entirety, but always constricted by the invisible walls, we all have292Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtZWhPrHbgd
around ourselves. They also reminded me... of myself.292Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡymahLaGHUM
“You know, at my age, this may take a while.” He flipped the first page with his left292Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCpia6JH0UA
hand while his right went for a bigger pair of glasses. “Quite a while in fact.”292Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWec0e2KqFa
“You must go through all of it,” I remarked, “and understand.”292Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAvJ4e05xRQ
“Wish I had something better than tea to palliate the process though.”292Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI514UIbkbn
He murmured.292Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtqB5ZM7oXy
“I will be in the next room,” I spoke softly.292Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOT5H0ZEsbc
“Oh, you like aquariums, do you?”292Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2eqKYdqYJZ
“Aquariums...” I murmured...292Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVytTvlMzy9
“We can talk all about it later; but for now, I think you should grab some rest.”292Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdryfwa4RoO
He did not even look at me, his eyes were already too busy scurrying through those292Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1RVFqGRb2a
first pages.292Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2bD97oP7lk
“There is quite a comfortable couch in there as well. Why don’t you give it a try?292Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE7TVSsXkcb
Don’t worry, I will call for you when I am done with this.”292Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZWr9Tobgv0
“I just might.”
And with that, I left him to it..
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-end of prologue
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