[the writing is shaky, the ink runny and the page flecked with blood]

this can't be happening

[pause for intense weeping action]

it just can't be [writing cuts off sharply]

OWWW

I didn't expect them to care that I was gone, but a simple "welcome back, Alma" might have been nice.

At least they're not treating me like dirt, thank the dragons for small favors.

I...I had a wonderful time the other night...thank you.

I'm not amazing, I'm not strong, I'm useless. What kind of healer's too much of a coward to go to the front lines when her comrades are hurt?! I just wish the commander would stop saying it wasn't my fault Larna almost died, everyone knows it was!

Great. Another mission. Oh, well, I knew our time off had to end sometime, right? No sense in complaining, it's what I trained for.

[Filter: Private]

Still hate it, though.

Why'd you have to quit, Emily?

I wish Emily would come home to visit more often.