He approached the table, and after having planted all the preparations, he began383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSQwo5L5LZn
pouring some orangey looking liquid into each of those mugs.383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDZdQl6honI
“There you go.” He said as he finished pouring, “This will do you good.”383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR1HG7GK2MU
“Thank you.”383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDpIjyyMKTt
“You must drink all of it.” He told me as he grabbed hold of one of those mugs.383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhd7sk7lhhQ
“Ouch!” I complained, “Too hot.”383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrq9scDEEzt
“That is how it is served, and how it should be taken.” He went on to sit quite383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡej0LVTKks0
comfortably on an old dusty chair across that table. He drank his share in one swift383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5PobXmiIqB
gulp, and then he burped as he lit some sort of stick which he then placed in his383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn70VAYecdn
mouth. He seemed to be sucking on it and every time he did, the timid fire at the end383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8f68mjqKzV
of it grew for a moment, before fading again. Curiosity was pouring from his eyes and383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIyTNMikyYd
lips now, just as that liquid had poured from that metal pot.383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG3VcyRcmIA
“That was the beginning.” I cut off any further insistence...383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQtkumpCqhE
“The rest is all in here, huh?” He tried to sound uncaring, but I could see right383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjAxu7SWpYp
through him.383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6VGzfkhQR6
“You are meant to read it.” I decided to indulge in the insisting game as well, and as383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZiSzfBRVjV
I stood up, I fondly gazed at that notebook.383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPrDaqFnQtC
“Right.” He grabbed hold of it and placed it upon his lap, “According to you, that ol’383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwQ73fxZvPB
fool wanted me to...” And then he opened it...383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ZxNJIasBw
I slowly began making my way to the next room, for there was something that383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0xcdUJZT8k
easily caught my eye the moment I set foot into his place. “In there you will learn how383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJmxiGtV96y
I made it to where you found me... waiting for you.”383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFP53siOk6n
This large box of clean glass filled to the brim with bubbling water, and in it, there383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwOrvwDkpjs
were these weird samples of life swimming back and forth. Restlessly.383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtQpdPbEaLB
They reminded me of all those that I had met; in the way in which they could see383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4zySwdY2r2
the world in its entirety, but always constricted by the invisible walls, we all have383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhDeNfKATC7
around ourselves. They also reminded me... of myself.383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAe2bPZ2KX6
“You know, at my age, this may take a while.” He flipped the first page with his left383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo6cSC3gPxV
hand while his right went for a bigger pair of glasses. “Quite a while in fact.”383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV61EU6QSHq
“You must go through all of it,” I remarked, “and understand.”383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmsz6Aajudo
“Wish I had something better than tea to palliate the process though.”383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgtgRk3VIbR
He murmured.383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL2LUtbf7FS
“I will be in the next room,” I spoke softly.383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1PiYIXG6oo
“Oh, you like aquariums, do you?”383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuzzd5VLdUX
“Aquariums...” I murmured...383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiFFskFRwtU
“We can talk all about it later; but for now, I think you should grab some rest.”383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeKsZfqEeFl
He did not even look at me, his eyes were already too busy scurrying through those383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxcdgtkuglH
first pages.383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxb8LW0ccUC
“There is quite a comfortable couch in there as well. Why don’t you give it a try?383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqWrW9CkDlc
Don’t worry, I will call for you when I am done with this.”383Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡickMvcXMFN
“I just might.”
And with that, I left him to it..
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-end of prologue
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