Dear Gideon - First Entry
Written in a pocket-sized notebook found in a sharkskin pouch. The text has been written in more than one alphabet and has been encoded.
Both Dulcy and Godfrey have advised me to keep a diary so, here goes.
Dear Diary, This is stupid. I can't write to something called 'Diary'. No offense. I mean, I know how you books can get.
OK. I've got it. I'll pretend I'm writing to one of my ancestors. There was a guy named Gideon. He was a badass sailor, he built the first Chantris shipyard and he got some guys pissed off at him. He outlived and/or killed all those guys and took their lands. My kinda guy.
So.
Dear Gideon,
I've been studying. Don't look at me like that. I've got a good reason for it. I've been looking into Family History because it turns out Dad was right I really like memorizing long lists of dead people with no chins. More on that later. I've got bigger news:
I sang her the song. Yeah, the one I wrote when I was in that jail in Lyonesse. I haven't told her the whole story about that, yet. She liked the song, she liked the compass, and for some damn reason she likes me. Again.
She still does that thing with her eyes when she laughs. Man, I've got it bad.
Peril's in town, too. He makes the second person on my list of People I Can Trust who's showed up recently. That list is getting shorter.
Both Dulcy and Godfrey have advised me to keep a diary so, here goes.
Dear Diary, This is stupid. I can't write to something called 'Diary'. No offense. I mean, I know how you books can get.
OK. I've got it. I'll pretend I'm writing to one of my ancestors. There was a guy named Gideon. He was a badass sailor, he built the first Chantris shipyard and he got some guys pissed off at him. He outlived and/or killed all those guys and took their lands. My kinda guy.
So.
Dear Gideon,
I've been studying. Don't look at me like that. I've got a good reason for it. I've been looking into Family History because it turns out Dad was right I really like memorizing long lists of dead people with no chins. More on that later. I've got bigger news:
I sang her the song. Yeah, the one I wrote when I was in that jail in Lyonesse. I haven't told her the whole story about that, yet. She liked the song, she liked the compass, and for some damn reason she likes me. Again.
She still does that thing with her eyes when she laughs. Man, I've got it bad.
Peril's in town, too. He makes the second person on my list of People I Can Trust who's showed up recently. That list is getting shorter.