He approached the table, and after having planted all the preparations, he began385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQpeb8ybz1h
pouring some orangey looking liquid into each of those mugs.385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdP72YsMcjR
“There you go.” He said as he finished pouring, “This will do you good.”385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMhGuRsfNHJ
“Thank you.”385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAlOcjKWv4H
“You must drink all of it.” He told me as he grabbed hold of one of those mugs.385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkjXFuPIPtA
“Ouch!” I complained, “Too hot.”385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrJlUJjfobN
“That is how it is served, and how it should be taken.” He went on to sit quite385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpMOxR5zujG
comfortably on an old dusty chair across that table. He drank his share in one swift385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEVpFBiPalQ
gulp, and then he burped as he lit some sort of stick which he then placed in his385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi9vwWGNty9
mouth. He seemed to be sucking on it and every time he did, the timid fire at the end385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp47sV5I6RW
of it grew for a moment, before fading again. Curiosity was pouring from his eyes and385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh3QbSmm6I4
lips now, just as that liquid had poured from that metal pot.385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfYTkd1NeFl
“That was the beginning.” I cut off any further insistence...385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlNE2avlNVx
“The rest is all in here, huh?” He tried to sound uncaring, but I could see right385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgfe2c1BEzl
through him.385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8VlOuLb9uo
“You are meant to read it.” I decided to indulge in the insisting game as well, and as385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhT5ylcHGrC
I stood up, I fondly gazed at that notebook.385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7phHYOk38a
“Right.” He grabbed hold of it and placed it upon his lap, “According to you, that ol’385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwuE3eTsYJi
fool wanted me to...” And then he opened it...385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwjH0rBI3Mf
I slowly began making my way to the next room, for there was something that385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPJnBmaMj4L
easily caught my eye the moment I set foot into his place. “In there you will learn how385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡetSoLJCfq5
I made it to where you found me... waiting for you.”385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI2BUWVAQJx
This large box of clean glass filled to the brim with bubbling water, and in it, there385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ642okHZbXH
were these weird samples of life swimming back and forth. Restlessly.385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvb0GYDvbeA
They reminded me of all those that I had met; in the way in which they could see385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpvEBBVUHoj
the world in its entirety, but always constricted by the invisible walls, we all have385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5L9urryn65
around ourselves. They also reminded me... of myself.385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjYkP45Z2D1
“You know, at my age, this may take a while.” He flipped the first page with his left385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKNWcu9uY4y
hand while his right went for a bigger pair of glasses. “Quite a while in fact.”385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUhI33jl24g
“You must go through all of it,” I remarked, “and understand.”385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpvYeALNa3M
“Wish I had something better than tea to palliate the process though.”385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡErzxNONbns
He murmured.385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA7FSG4PU8C
“I will be in the next room,” I spoke softly.385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvny7zMA97E
“Oh, you like aquariums, do you?”385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTjhpVltGRP
“Aquariums...” I murmured...385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5m1CWkRgaa
“We can talk all about it later; but for now, I think you should grab some rest.”385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpH9tZWp2lO
He did not even look at me, his eyes were already too busy scurrying through those385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7axcs111E0
first pages.385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTalS6C1T4E
“There is quite a comfortable couch in there as well. Why don’t you give it a try?385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0wQyvCgjmY
Don’t worry, I will call for you when I am done with this.”385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdohCA9gWMZ
“I just might.”
And with that, I left him to it..
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-end of prologue
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