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He approached the table, and after having planted all the preparations, he began291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvBQsANevE5
pouring some orangey looking liquid into each of those mugs.291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyjAmh7iRpz
“There you go.” He said as he finished pouring, “This will do you good.”291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjQTZnB2t7y
“Thank you.”291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX2UUXKctvk
“You must drink all of it.” He told me as he grabbed hold of one of those mugs.291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0cRg3QQich
“Ouch!” I complained, “Too hot.”291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuBdc0YkvTF
“That is how it is served, and how it should be taken.” He went on to sit quite291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQqAg3cDgxd
comfortably on an old dusty chair across that table. He drank his share in one swift291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkNAd5hnQlH
gulp, and then he burped as he lit some sort of stick which he then placed in his291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTApBzdsUHd
mouth. He seemed to be sucking on it and every time he did, the timid fire at the end291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF0wbvWVXel
of it grew for a moment, before fading again. Curiosity was pouring from his eyes and291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ38rC91BGu1
lips now, just as that liquid had poured from that metal pot.291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbshxTMOgeI
“That was the beginning.” I cut off any further insistence...291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ24uHofsSvJ
“The rest is all in here, huh?” He tried to sound uncaring, but I could see right291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGdWfu4lFW0
through him.291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMeCtdi4NNz
“You are meant to read it.” I decided to indulge in the insisting game as well, and as291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTJtjJkfL1v
I stood up, I fondly gazed at that notebook.291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlMkOn8jDBg
“Right.” He grabbed hold of it and placed it upon his lap, “According to you, that ol’291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ62Xu0gwBFh
fool wanted me to...” And then he opened it...291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTMslpcBbd3
I slowly began making my way to the next room, for there was something that291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR7TMWBV0kV
easily caught my eye the moment I set foot into his place. “In there you will learn how291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9oW9dfql12
I made it to where you found me... waiting for you.”291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm4inTJEVs7
This large box of clean glass filled to the brim with bubbling water, and in it, there291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKgOnwyGE8G
were these weird samples of life swimming back and forth. Restlessly.291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPKxV2ZbsHp
They reminded me of all those that I had met; in the way in which they could see291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7mE7sBmOoA
the world in its entirety, but always constricted by the invisible walls, we all have291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSYRBY4KDgm
around ourselves. They also reminded me... of myself.291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHMPlNt6vZ9
“You know, at my age, this may take a while.” He flipped the first page with his left291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeX60SvvU8v
hand while his right went for a bigger pair of glasses. “Quite a while in fact.”291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6cRCGlWO7t
“You must go through all of it,” I remarked, “and understand.”291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh2ZgiKH14p
“Wish I had something better than tea to palliate the process though.”291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG6u5zCbt35
He murmured.291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj5JRHR7CYL
“I will be in the next room,” I spoke softly.291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyoPmsH9NJ9
“Oh, you like aquariums, do you?”291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPMKveE04Vy
“Aquariums...” I murmured...291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZEmkgiKB8g
“We can talk all about it later; but for now, I think you should grab some rest.”291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjfgitqPa16
He did not even look at me, his eyes were already too busy scurrying through those291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXHHP1AFRPe
first pages.291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyBVCcSxn4X
“There is quite a comfortable couch in there as well. Why don’t you give it a try?291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL0hcDR8nfJ
Don’t worry, I will call for you when I am done with this.”291Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXN9Zk5ACQy
“I just might.”
And with that, I left him to it..
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-end of prologue
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