He approached the table, and after having planted all the preparations, he began381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfZMmoCjszv
pouring some orangey looking liquid into each of those mugs.381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP7klfKaY4e
“There you go.” He said as he finished pouring, “This will do you good.”381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrt3KRdqRVv
“Thank you.”381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8EXbQunVgO
“You must drink all of it.” He told me as he grabbed hold of one of those mugs.381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM2z70a6gqN
“Ouch!” I complained, “Too hot.”381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4YI3b0fd7U
“That is how it is served, and how it should be taken.” He went on to sit quite381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUgeMoRUSeo
comfortably on an old dusty chair across that table. He drank his share in one swift381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyZAMr5HRIG
gulp, and then he burped as he lit some sort of stick which he then placed in his381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpthWnS0KDp
mouth. He seemed to be sucking on it and every time he did, the timid fire at the end381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡldIUoAo946
of it grew for a moment, before fading again. Curiosity was pouring from his eyes and381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSsxCP57cgg
lips now, just as that liquid had poured from that metal pot.381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXpW7pk47tS
“That was the beginning.” I cut off any further insistence...381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeku6NELRmW
“The rest is all in here, huh?” He tried to sound uncaring, but I could see right381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRjeSDQdEmX
through him.381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnfGkkIMjRJ
“You are meant to read it.” I decided to indulge in the insisting game as well, and as381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOD8ygkoMFk
I stood up, I fondly gazed at that notebook.381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7uDZmWTlKj
“Right.” He grabbed hold of it and placed it upon his lap, “According to you, that ol’381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGgSNJfr5gh
fool wanted me to...” And then he opened it...381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKaJdwNzjRS
I slowly began making my way to the next room, for there was something that381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVoY73bqyl2
easily caught my eye the moment I set foot into his place. “In there you will learn how381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpCrFxbwyKq
I made it to where you found me... waiting for you.”381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJUANTy0REp
This large box of clean glass filled to the brim with bubbling water, and in it, there381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeq7fzAqEIU
were these weird samples of life swimming back and forth. Restlessly.381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCM9KvQS5TU
They reminded me of all those that I had met; in the way in which they could see381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCtUYxYf5iL
the world in its entirety, but always constricted by the invisible walls, we all have381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5JGu9rFM9v
around ourselves. They also reminded me... of myself.381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr8Nmz7qbzo
“You know, at my age, this may take a while.” He flipped the first page with his left381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8pZZytAIFk
hand while his right went for a bigger pair of glasses. “Quite a while in fact.”381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbN2XrUx2kq
“You must go through all of it,” I remarked, “and understand.”381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcP6XYzm1FS
“Wish I had something better than tea to palliate the process though.”381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCI9R7J4izl
He murmured.381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSkWq8oq6z7
“I will be in the next room,” I spoke softly.381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtKVEUSQEM9
“Oh, you like aquariums, do you?”381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbQN8lTBjoQ
“Aquariums...” I murmured...381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOXrKVUhKt0
“We can talk all about it later; but for now, I think you should grab some rest.”381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIPpOAsXkw4
He did not even look at me, his eyes were already too busy scurrying through those381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4fvHwbptJh
first pages.381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhqD3p49xIZ
“There is quite a comfortable couch in there as well. Why don’t you give it a try?381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGUuPbdKrjf
Don’t worry, I will call for you when I am done with this.”381Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVifIBgKc9S
“I just might.”
And with that, I left him to it..
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