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He approached the table, and after having planted all the preparations, he began317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ96ZUgTwpwr
pouring some orangey looking liquid into each of those mugs.317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM8O1lDnbk9
“There you go.” He said as he finished pouring, “This will do you good.”317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡceDez8qQkp
“Thank you.”317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhs9qVUVWwV
“You must drink all of it.” He told me as he grabbed hold of one of those mugs.317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8VZ3P3Iz5R
“Ouch!” I complained, “Too hot.”317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG8j7hFZmU8
“That is how it is served, and how it should be taken.” He went on to sit quite317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4fvk9Gr7UW
comfortably on an old dusty chair across that table. He drank his share in one swift317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ZpDdJwKxH
gulp, and then he burped as he lit some sort of stick which he then placed in his317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsJXGvLkRQw
mouth. He seemed to be sucking on it and every time he did, the timid fire at the end317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy1pqc3mhyZ
of it grew for a moment, before fading again. Curiosity was pouring from his eyes and317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbLdJhmQ5yC
lips now, just as that liquid had poured from that metal pot.317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjDJpbMpeEu
“That was the beginning.” I cut off any further insistence...317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMY52kVrysU
“The rest is all in here, huh?” He tried to sound uncaring, but I could see right317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY8ZXP5BqSy
through him.317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEw4VN8WZiK
“You are meant to read it.” I decided to indulge in the insisting game as well, and as317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmy2qG6S0O5
I stood up, I fondly gazed at that notebook.317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrSYeWXLT67
“Right.” He grabbed hold of it and placed it upon his lap, “According to you, that ol’317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKHW9BP1jf3
fool wanted me to...” And then he opened it...317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCHAv80XqrK
I slowly began making my way to the next room, for there was something that317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXFmWV2s1rn
easily caught my eye the moment I set foot into his place. “In there you will learn how317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWzPE3Axnbi
I made it to where you found me... waiting for you.”317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUAG0JTj9lP
This large box of clean glass filled to the brim with bubbling water, and in it, there317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAQBLRrAMif
were these weird samples of life swimming back and forth. Restlessly.317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9mZvkux5V8
They reminded me of all those that I had met; in the way in which they could see317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcYPkbVI3xg
the world in its entirety, but always constricted by the invisible walls, we all have317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZOwYg8Xetj
around ourselves. They also reminded me... of myself.317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlA0OcWRscS
“You know, at my age, this may take a while.” He flipped the first page with his left317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6y4pslAv3Q
hand while his right went for a bigger pair of glasses. “Quite a while in fact.”317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWkXWr5hH4J
“You must go through all of it,” I remarked, “and understand.”317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx7ZsFBhXvP
“Wish I had something better than tea to palliate the process though.”317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeZaU4GtWVD
He murmured.317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBT51N0OG5F
“I will be in the next room,” I spoke softly.317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVLYduuqear
“Oh, you like aquariums, do you?”317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw8flyo3C3Z
“Aquariums...” I murmured...317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqrMeOZGI8D
“We can talk all about it later; but for now, I think you should grab some rest.”317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtXvIXfQ7jG
He did not even look at me, his eyes were already too busy scurrying through those317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6e7sRBKmNY
first pages.317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlBToOnzbQH
“There is quite a comfortable couch in there as well. Why don’t you give it a try?317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBRfXLtfZ0t
Don’t worry, I will call for you when I am done with this.”317Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN33p3nngkU
“I just might.”
And with that, I left him to it..
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-end of prologue
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