I was hunting for a moose, got lost in the woods, and ended up on an island. I did catch the moose in the end. What happened while I was away?
Normally I’d never contact you, but I suppose this room for an exception.
Ellis is dead.
Oh, really? So that brat finally pushed his luck too far? He promised me a new pet… Rufus mentioned some major loss within the Vanguard, but I never imagined the loss would be Ellis. Well, what now?
Now they find a new lightguide, I suppose. And Yú finds a new guardian. The Crucible has been canceled for the foreseeable future, as you can imagine.
Ah, that factory for churning out corpses, blood, and senseless, stupid deaths… The Crucible never interested me, and I’m glad that, at least for a little while, they’ve shut the whole operation down. Maybe now, at least, something other than mule-like stubbornness will awaken in Shaxx.
Nothing of value was lost with its cancellation, yes. My service to The Harbinger, as well as other… unfinished business and missives as one of the members of the reformed Praxic Order are my priorities. One Lightbearer too weak to even serve in the vanguard’s army being slaughtered by some hive has no effect on me, not with everything that’s at stake and everyone that needs to be felled by The Harbinger’s Knife or with a Praxic Blade.
Ah, you’re still angry with me about my relationship with Maya. You're just as much of a grump as Eclipse. But admit it — you liked lounging around with me. You liked it when I pressed against your knees, when I played the kitten. And what about when we shared a bed? Me, Levy, and you…
I didn’t say that, but yes, I am. Not enough to try to kill you on sight or avoid contact under any circumstance though. I have no time for petty grudges due to someone’s allegiance with someone who wants everyone dead and who tortured her wife and thousands of other iterations of her to death.
And no, I was… impartial to it. I didn’t mind it, but it wasn’t out of any interest or emotions towards you.
Oh, you broke my heart... if I had one.
Yeah, I know you don’t. Just like your former lover who’s gone completely dark after leaving the VexNet. I have one at least, even if it’s synthetic.
Maya just needs time to pull herself together! I’m simply not bothering her — that’s all! And don’t go bragging about having a significant other. I have one now, too!
Her echo is dying, and any breaks for her would be wasted time that she can’t afford. Besides, she’s already lost anyway, she just doesn’t know it yet.
And I wasn’t bragging about having one, because I don’t. It’s good that you have one that isn’t someone that wants to kill everyone in the system and kills their spouses though.











