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He approached the table, and after having planted all the preparations, he began298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXAj0yPaGm3
pouring some orangey looking liquid into each of those mugs.298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaPxqwkP9YO
“There you go.” He said as he finished pouring, “This will do you good.”298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQkfJptfNbK
“Thank you.”298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4E1iU0W4qr
“You must drink all of it.” He told me as he grabbed hold of one of those mugs.298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwkWE1alpNv
“Ouch!” I complained, “Too hot.”298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiChJHi47AJ
“That is how it is served, and how it should be taken.” He went on to sit quite298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFH1oXVAYHF
comfortably on an old dusty chair across that table. He drank his share in one swift298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoMgOazjbJI
gulp, and then he burped as he lit some sort of stick which he then placed in his298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNSDnQJpJgx
mouth. He seemed to be sucking on it and every time he did, the timid fire at the end298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBWAeheIbBv
of it grew for a moment, before fading again. Curiosity was pouring from his eyes and298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDh1oe8Gk9n
lips now, just as that liquid had poured from that metal pot.298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQQPPN2tKy6
“That was the beginning.” I cut off any further insistence...298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU54036zokf
“The rest is all in here, huh?” He tried to sound uncaring, but I could see right298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKWrw5RVGmC
through him.298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDHnA5cbI5h
“You are meant to read it.” I decided to indulge in the insisting game as well, and as298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi7Z4xrTAHA
I stood up, I fondly gazed at that notebook.298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKALo7LJ1d0
“Right.” He grabbed hold of it and placed it upon his lap, “According to you, that ol’298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuclBEtdzuT
fool wanted me to...” And then he opened it...298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZbxCiL8z52
I slowly began making my way to the next room, for there was something that298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt7AD1WEisL
easily caught my eye the moment I set foot into his place. “In there you will learn how298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjAe9hDmCvU
I made it to where you found me... waiting for you.”298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiuclxaCdQd
This large box of clean glass filled to the brim with bubbling water, and in it, there298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhA40QiZFPc
were these weird samples of life swimming back and forth. Restlessly.298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ69B5tCY1me
They reminded me of all those that I had met; in the way in which they could see298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVmUUv2kZvK
the world in its entirety, but always constricted by the invisible walls, we all have298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOGtvlMaSlb
around ourselves. They also reminded me... of myself.298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFacH7WtvxY
“You know, at my age, this may take a while.” He flipped the first page with his left298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWRAb7RXCoK
hand while his right went for a bigger pair of glasses. “Quite a while in fact.”298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtO4zUbtppa
“You must go through all of it,” I remarked, “and understand.”298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡame58CnkKv
“Wish I had something better than tea to palliate the process though.”298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMbixGb00co
He murmured.298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡayCFz8zJin
“I will be in the next room,” I spoke softly.298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvYKH02LbvI
“Oh, you like aquariums, do you?”298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwP6xJ6wtEB
“Aquariums...” I murmured...298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Q5smbZvQ2
“We can talk all about it later; but for now, I think you should grab some rest.”298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡob6QuW4IIN
He did not even look at me, his eyes were already too busy scurrying through those298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcMKVHBZeXA
first pages.298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYjboMgfdpo
“There is quite a comfortable couch in there as well. Why don’t you give it a try?298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMQgz7MkfzE
Don’t worry, I will call for you when I am done with this.”298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaF0lXWDtfD
“I just might.”
And with that, I left him to it..
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-end of prologue
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