Dear Diary,

I spent today with my pixies once more. It's wonderful to see Lily starting to open up. She now sits closer to the rest of us as she enjoys cookies and tea with her husband, Cedar. While I understand her tendency to be shy, it is good to see her finding her place among the others. I won't always be able to spend time with them like this and I want to know everything will be alright in my absence. I do have other floors to worry about in the future, after all.

Jasmine and Daisy were as energetic as ever. They always talk so animatedly as they enjoy their tea and snacks each night. Jasmine was a bit rude about the map Mirabella gifted me, questioning how good it could really be is an adventurer made it. I still don't really know what to do about their prejudiced behaviors, so I didn't bother to chastise her. I just explained how useful the map was in helping me plan and track the progress in the dungeon.

I'm actually hopeful that I can learn how to make maps as well as Mirabella does. I certainly have more than enough time to practice and perfect my skills. I don't even have to worry about having the stationary to do so as I can easily create paper and ink whenever I need it. Although, the distinct lack of tables in the dungeon is certainly a disadvantage I'll have to work around, for the time being.

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I've been thinking more carefully about how to further expand upon what I've already built in the dungeon nowadays. If I have all of eternity to build, then there shouldn't be too much need to rush. I just need to make steady progress and not procrastinate too much. It's a careful balance that I need to maintain, but I'm determined to do it anyway.

I've also been considering how I need a better work-life balance. All I ever think about is what the dungeon needs, what to work on next. However, the idea of taking up a hobby, as Theodore and David suggested, seems challenging right now. Since I don't have traps on particularly dangerous monsters on the first floor, I have to make up for that on the upper floors. I don't particularly regret agreeing to never have traps on the first floor, but that doesn't mean I can have an entirely relaxed attitude about it all either.

I've been trying to use these nightly tea parties with my pixies as a nice middle ground. I don't feel as lonely anymore with their presence. However, I don't know that I'll ever quite be able to feel completely content without Lee in my life. Friends just don't quite fill the gap in your social life the way a romantic partner can. However, since I don't want to betray his memory by moving on, I suppose I'll just have to live my life without such comforts. It isn't like it's necessary to always be in a relationship, even if it does still create a rather unique sort of loneliness.

-Violet