Noli (and Rezira, I guess),

Zyneth is helping me write this, so if anything doesn’t sound like me, you can blame him for taking liberties. Looks like I won’t be stopping back in Bluevine to say goodbye. Sorry this is the way you had to find out.

So, good news bad news. Good News: I found a way to retrieve my body. Bad News: The predator is back. Related News(?): I think I can trap it Between again, but only if I leave this world and head back to my own. So, at the end of the day, I want you to know I’ll be fine. I’ll be home, in my own body, and the predator will be gone. That’s the plan, anyway.

Speaking of plans, the path ahead involves traveling to Emrox. Zyneth is coming with, and we’ll be accompanied by Gillow, an unsavory fellow (Zyneth won’t tell me how to spell the word I ACTUALLY mean here, he says you wouldn’t appreciate it anyway) who might try to kill Zyneth on the trip to or from Emrox. If you can, I want you to check in on him after the journey. Make sure he made it back safe. I know, big ask.

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(Note from Zyneth: I want it known that I have objected to this plan from the start. Further, you probably should not go casually dropping my name around Miasmere. Kanin might have made an enemy out of the Athenaeum’s curator, who is very likely putting bounties on our heads as we write.)

Oh yeah, I forgot about that. Uh, you should probably steer clear of Yedzaquib. For the record, that whole misadventure was completely my fault. Sorry.

I don’t know how to wrap this up. I’m no good at sentimental stuff.

Even though we only knew each other for two months, Noli, I just want you to know that our friendship means a lot to me. I was too busy hustling back home to make friends like you. That was probably a mistake. I’ll do better from now on. Take care of yourself, okay?

Rezira, you scare me. There, I said it. We both know Noli doesn’t need protecting, but make sure nothing happens to her. She’s one of the good ones.

~Kanin