Part of me insists that I should find my sudden relocation both disturbing and alarming. The more desensitized portion of my psyche assures me that this is simply par for the course.

I found Reeve. Now where are the rest of you?

Cait, you are by far the best thing that has happened to me for a very long time. I have never received a gift that I have loved so much. I thank you most sincerely ( Read more... )

Though it causes me to despair for the disturbing lack of mental acuity some of you exhibit, I feel that I must remind you that Reeve has been through a particularly trying ordeal of late. Expressions of anger and frustration will only be detrimental to an expedient recovery ( Read more... )

I should hope that the time to act has finally arrived.

I grow impatient with allowing Reeve to remain in the hands of the enemy.

No one is more familiar with how quickly change can occur than me. One day, an empire can exist that seems as if it will last for eternity. The very next day, it can be erased from the world as if it had never been. For nearly a quarter of a century, my life was static and uneventful. Then change slipped inside and has been in residence ever since ( Read more... )

There was a time when I would find all of this very disruptive. And mildly disconcerting.

Unsurprisingly, I am too desensitized to care. I was, however, able to muster up an eye roll. It seemed only fitting.

Once more into the breach...

That was an unexpected development. I had assumed that at some point during the trial, there would be an attempt to free Reeve. I did not, however, expect some sort of attack on the city at large. Surprisingly, aside from the darkness and the plethora of monsters roaming the streets once more, we do not appear to be in danger from the loss of the ( Read more... )

These past few months have afforded me a unique perspective on the nature of being. Perhaps Vertere has had some small use after all ( Read more... )

I shall be stepping out for an undetermined period of time.

Do not waste your time coming to my office. I will not be there.

I need a vacation. A very long vacation.

For the time being, I shall be locked in my office with a bottle of cognac. And it is very likely that I will not emerge for a considerable length of time.

I am also in possession of my shotgun. Consider yourselves warned, should any of you have the brilliant idea to bother me.