So long but not goodbye
Dear Falcon Papa DJ Papa,
I have not been very good. All of the bad things that are happening have made me think very hard about that.
I am still mad that you would not trust me, but I am not as big of a mad as I was before. I do not think it is good to lie. When you lied about DJ, I was very sad. If you had always told me DJ was you, then I would have always been with DJ. When you lied about everything else, I was sad all over again. You did not tell me to keep me safe, but that means you did not tell me because I could not help you.
I am a big person, but I am also a Sister. A Sister helps their most special person no matter what, and my most special person is you. I have forgotten a lot of things about being a Sister, but I have not forgotten that. I have not forgotten how to love.
I am going to remember, Papa. I am going to learn what being a Sister is, and I am going to learn what being strong is. If you cannot trust me with your secrets now, then it is okay. I will become good enough to help you, and then you can tell me. Please do not be sad even though I will miss you very much. I am going to get to fly through space! I will see a place I have never seen before! I will write you letters and draw you pictures and we can talk over the computers whenever you like, and I will have many exciting things to say. When it is summer vacation I will come home to visit you and maybe sometimes you can visit me too.
A year is a very very very long time. I know that. But when I come back, I will be grown-up.
Ionia promised she would wait for DJ for as long as it took. DJ will wait for Ionia too, right?
Love from,
Ionia
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Sister,
There are still a lot of things that I do not know. I do not know what it means to be a big person, and I do not know what it means to be a Sister. I thought that I stopped being a Sister a long time ago. I know that I stopped acting like one. When you and Petunia and aniki and all the other brothers and sisters went away, I was mad. I thought it meant that you were quitting, and I thought it meant that Sisters were weak.
It was not a good thing to think at all.
I still do not understand why everyone had to go away, but now I am going to learn. I am going to try to be a Sister again. I am sorry that I have to go far to do it, but if you came back, then I will come back too. Please do not be very sad. I will write many letters for you.
I have left for you all of the grenades that I have left. I do not want any more bad things to happen to you so please use them if someone bad comes. If you are very scared then you can come far away to my new school and I will keep you safe.
Love from,
Ionia
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Ionia is going to be going away.
I have asked the large hands about exchange programs, and today I got a letter that said I can go. I am going to be spending a year going to school on a planet that is called Hocotate. I have not been to it before, but a very long time ago, I had a Leader, and that is the place Leader is from.
Maybe while I am away, I will find the place that Sisters are from. Maybe while I am away, I will become a for-real F-Zero racer. Do not be sad, because I am going to do very exciting things! I will not be gone forever. A year is a long time, but it will go by very fast. Even if I am far I will not forget the school, because the school is where I sprouted and the school is where my home is.
...Ionia hopes the school becomes happy, and Ionia hopes the school stays happy.
I have not been very good. All of the bad things that are happening have made me think very hard about that.
I am still mad that you would not trust me, but I am not as big of a mad as I was before. I do not think it is good to lie. When you lied about DJ, I was very sad. If you had always told me DJ was you, then I would have always been with DJ. When you lied about everything else, I was sad all over again. You did not tell me to keep me safe, but that means you did not tell me because I could not help you.
I am a big person, but I am also a Sister. A Sister helps their most special person no matter what, and my most special person is you. I have forgotten a lot of things about being a Sister, but I have not forgotten that. I have not forgotten how to love.
I am going to remember, Papa. I am going to learn what being a Sister is, and I am going to learn what being strong is. If you cannot trust me with your secrets now, then it is okay. I will become good enough to help you, and then you can tell me. Please do not be sad even though I will miss you very much. I am going to get to fly through space! I will see a place I have never seen before! I will write you letters and draw you pictures and we can talk over the computers whenever you like, and I will have many exciting things to say. When it is summer vacation I will come home to visit you and maybe sometimes you can visit me too.
A year is a very very very long time. I know that. But when I come back, I will be grown-up.
Ionia promised she would wait for DJ for as long as it took. DJ will wait for Ionia too, right?
Love from,
Ionia
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Sister,
There are still a lot of things that I do not know. I do not know what it means to be a big person, and I do not know what it means to be a Sister. I thought that I stopped being a Sister a long time ago. I know that I stopped acting like one. When you and Petunia and aniki and all the other brothers and sisters went away, I was mad. I thought it meant that you were quitting, and I thought it meant that Sisters were weak.
It was not a good thing to think at all.
I still do not understand why everyone had to go away, but now I am going to learn. I am going to try to be a Sister again. I am sorry that I have to go far to do it, but if you came back, then I will come back too. Please do not be very sad. I will write many letters for you.
I have left for you all of the grenades that I have left. I do not want any more bad things to happen to you so please use them if someone bad comes. If you are very scared then you can come far away to my new school and I will keep you safe.
Love from,
Ionia
--
Ionia is going to be going away.
I have asked the large hands about exchange programs, and today I got a letter that said I can go. I am going to be spending a year going to school on a planet that is called Hocotate. I have not been to it before, but a very long time ago, I had a Leader, and that is the place Leader is from.
Maybe while I am away, I will find the place that Sisters are from. Maybe while I am away, I will become a for-real F-Zero racer. Do not be sad, because I am going to do very exciting things! I will not be gone forever. A year is a long time, but it will go by very fast. Even if I am far I will not forget the school, because the school is where I sprouted and the school is where my home is.
...Ionia hopes the school becomes happy, and Ionia hopes the school stays happy.