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He approached the table, and after having planted all the preparations, he began320Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsV39SEDQuq
pouring some orangey looking liquid into each of those mugs.320Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9FvAr43GRT
“There you go.” He said as he finished pouring, “This will do you good.”320Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAsYVnf7Rn4
“Thank you.”320Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8CXg5buZw0
“You must drink all of it.” He told me as he grabbed hold of one of those mugs.320Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuXqRDWTAs4
“Ouch!” I complained, “Too hot.”320Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ71aVhJDEQt
“That is how it is served, and how it should be taken.” He went on to sit quite320Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUp6PbAIf3T
comfortably on an old dusty chair across that table. He drank his share in one swift320Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4KCeq9bEbs
gulp, and then he burped as he lit some sort of stick which he then placed in his320Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoOCYizdtXP
mouth. He seemed to be sucking on it and every time he did, the timid fire at the end320Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQSDIxCoqYn
of it grew for a moment, before fading again. Curiosity was pouring from his eyes and320Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzCEifJaODL
lips now, just as that liquid had poured from that metal pot.320Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8NL9lJzlTO
“That was the beginning.” I cut off any further insistence...320Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr8hdHERoHS
“The rest is all in here, huh?” He tried to sound uncaring, but I could see right320Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiFe4QgyiSO
through him.320Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpXq8Dy7EiD
“You are meant to read it.” I decided to indulge in the insisting game as well, and as320Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhyYHT6PoP3
I stood up, I fondly gazed at that notebook.320Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZvA021JXWR
“Right.” He grabbed hold of it and placed it upon his lap, “According to you, that ol’320Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡezInqhUBFH
fool wanted me to...” And then he opened it...320Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKQOO4bII8B
I slowly began making my way to the next room, for there was something that320Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwsioq8BvlQ
easily caught my eye the moment I set foot into his place. “In there you will learn how320Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf0HfskSfxH
I made it to where you found me... waiting for you.”320Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcRaAm8iYbA
This large box of clean glass filled to the brim with bubbling water, and in it, there320Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrZ9M0mbj3h
were these weird samples of life swimming back and forth. Restlessly.320Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUJM8QF8QsM
They reminded me of all those that I had met; in the way in which they could see320Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbGzFu1YQ1z
the world in its entirety, but always constricted by the invisible walls, we all have320Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEsGINKM4eN
around ourselves. They also reminded me... of myself.320Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVH7koPMgJZ
“You know, at my age, this may take a while.” He flipped the first page with his left320Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBICISAWCep
hand while his right went for a bigger pair of glasses. “Quite a while in fact.”320Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxc1ix02BWo
“You must go through all of it,” I remarked, “and understand.”320Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpdv4xBuhWh
“Wish I had something better than tea to palliate the process though.”320Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ370GaeioQ4
He murmured.320Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ7dYd9CMQM
“I will be in the next room,” I spoke softly.320Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiAB5bil879
“Oh, you like aquariums, do you?”320Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡklMoe7XgrG
“Aquariums...” I murmured...320Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpBqh7bWE6b
“We can talk all about it later; but for now, I think you should grab some rest.”320Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLbLKWaF1Lz
He did not even look at me, his eyes were already too busy scurrying through those320Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPDphKxT3HM
first pages.320Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ5mlFbTsvu
“There is quite a comfortable couch in there as well. Why don’t you give it a try?320Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlIrNihDtYa
Don’t worry, I will call for you when I am done with this.”320Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNp8P81lbno
“I just might.”
And with that, I left him to it..
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-end of prologue
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