He approached the table, and after having planted all the preparations, he began631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxQff6RPOkY
pouring some orangey looking liquid into each of those mugs.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaRrrFHv1hP
“There you go.” He said as he finished pouring, “This will do you good.”631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB4DxP6dvIG
“Thank you.”631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf19edwVT4H
“You must drink all of it.” He told me as he grabbed hold of one of those mugs.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjPAxEmdOGl
“Ouch!” I complained, “Too hot.”631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8iudRrod8c
“That is how it is served, and how it should be taken.” He went on to sit quite631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6mf6AwM6Fk
comfortably on an old dusty chair across that table. He drank his share in one swift631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvfbI7SVPqO
gulp, and then he burped as he lit some sort of stick which he then placed in his631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2isNUkfcN8
mouth. He seemed to be sucking on it and every time he did, the timid fire at the end631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGevMzbRHnS
of it grew for a moment, before fading again. Curiosity was pouring from his eyes and631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1WXgRrQcqY
lips now, just as that liquid had poured from that metal pot.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqSk5xCgHzt
“That was the beginning.” I cut off any further insistence...631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiNOAvvqkRu
“The rest is all in here, huh?” He tried to sound uncaring, but I could see right631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU9RwbkAnev
through him.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTAfnaOwV4m
“You are meant to read it.” I decided to indulge in the insisting game as well, and as631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6RzsGLViXL
I stood up, I fondly gazed at that notebook.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuFM5NbHvnB
“Right.” He grabbed hold of it and placed it upon his lap, “According to you, that ol’631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkncNaEY8iC
fool wanted me to...” And then he opened it...631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4l3ZUdbinK
I slowly began making my way to the next room, for there was something that631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp5mjxgUF2C
easily caught my eye the moment I set foot into his place. “In there you will learn how631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡStcgNMm0mS
I made it to where you found me... waiting for you.”631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcg375jk9xL
This large box of clean glass filled to the brim with bubbling water, and in it, there631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE8uFeQhAuz
were these weird samples of life swimming back and forth. Restlessly.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZrQRte0Wjj
They reminded me of all those that I had met; in the way in which they could see631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu7RiZza7IV
the world in its entirety, but always constricted by the invisible walls, we all have631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmfKgoR4GpZ
around ourselves. They also reminded me... of myself.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpd4X2J16yr
“You know, at my age, this may take a while.” He flipped the first page with his left631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfCNOj7wRzt
hand while his right went for a bigger pair of glasses. “Quite a while in fact.”631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvehmkO1jzo
“You must go through all of it,” I remarked, “and understand.”631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdAwDmvVifu
“Wish I had something better than tea to palliate the process though.”631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVaPhQ4eaYF
He murmured.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi3OMUq64rG
“I will be in the next room,” I spoke softly.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEVtETmi6GN
“Oh, you like aquariums, do you?”631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqxIzSWIiRN
“Aquariums...” I murmured...631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0CnnuZjKVk
“We can talk all about it later; but for now, I think you should grab some rest.”631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXVIEKbFl92
He did not even look at me, his eyes were already too busy scurrying through those631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAsjxxVLjyf
first pages.631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvKUfdi0QlU
“There is quite a comfortable couch in there as well. Why don’t you give it a try?631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHOYerM7B2Z
Don’t worry, I will call for you when I am done with this.”631Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXAnrJ5mg1G
“I just might.”
And with that, I left him to it..
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-end of prologue
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