He approached the table, and after having planted all the preparations, he began385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtVSQxJghNI
pouring some orangey looking liquid into each of those mugs.385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡovyJblWJvx
“There you go.” He said as he finished pouring, “This will do you good.”385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCykmyCDW2T
“Thank you.”385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡknn9XEgD5u
“You must drink all of it.” He told me as he grabbed hold of one of those mugs.385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUaxKG22BE2
“Ouch!” I complained, “Too hot.”385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ44RFIHjX7h
“That is how it is served, and how it should be taken.” He went on to sit quite385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUkM3g0ZI8c
comfortably on an old dusty chair across that table. He drank his share in one swift385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRI0KLK2Xmq
gulp, and then he burped as he lit some sort of stick which he then placed in his385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNSqvvi8gMs
mouth. He seemed to be sucking on it and every time he did, the timid fire at the end385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYkOQMhKzLY
of it grew for a moment, before fading again. Curiosity was pouring from his eyes and385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZwC4kJRW3q
lips now, just as that liquid had poured from that metal pot.385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA6DXihdVAi
“That was the beginning.” I cut off any further insistence...385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjXhzAgqNb5
“The rest is all in here, huh?” He tried to sound uncaring, but I could see right385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ydV7pE9OO
through him.385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLPGWQG3FQu
“You are meant to read it.” I decided to indulge in the insisting game as well, and as385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeJlmEFKV2R
I stood up, I fondly gazed at that notebook.385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYEGkR8MEp3
“Right.” He grabbed hold of it and placed it upon his lap, “According to you, that ol’385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡInOoE47mTn
fool wanted me to...” And then he opened it...385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrRdEU2x02W
I slowly began making my way to the next room, for there was something that385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy04yeh2zek
easily caught my eye the moment I set foot into his place. “In there you will learn how385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGLqmvLhUQU
I made it to where you found me... waiting for you.”385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5EKqHH2Onw
This large box of clean glass filled to the brim with bubbling water, and in it, there385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3BqySCElMM
were these weird samples of life swimming back and forth. Restlessly.385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA0IHwcVZd0
They reminded me of all those that I had met; in the way in which they could see385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmQaG7Yd0GH
the world in its entirety, but always constricted by the invisible walls, we all have385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHLgt4tmtEM
around ourselves. They also reminded me... of myself.385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1sTVufHJNF
“You know, at my age, this may take a while.” He flipped the first page with his left385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd7Zh3kmmnV
hand while his right went for a bigger pair of glasses. “Quite a while in fact.”385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeWvaacNlEd
“You must go through all of it,” I remarked, “and understand.”385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU50eSkastQ
“Wish I had something better than tea to palliate the process though.”385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡimLkMRWQEL
He murmured.385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKJQ6l1oHrH
“I will be in the next room,” I spoke softly.385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8yc9rkRgiu
“Oh, you like aquariums, do you?”385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYc6CN6qjGp
“Aquariums...” I murmured...385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzsyJAYsQbV
“We can talk all about it later; but for now, I think you should grab some rest.”385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIb6IX567Bk
He did not even look at me, his eyes were already too busy scurrying through those385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9mLUVT0Efv
first pages.385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqpOIdToJeK
“There is quite a comfortable couch in there as well. Why don’t you give it a try?385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡppgH6A4efx
Don’t worry, I will call for you when I am done with this.”385Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD2QODZLFyB
“I just might.”
And with that, I left him to it..
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-end of prologue
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