friends at the edge of the night

o.O.o

(A message found in the databanks of the Imperial Fury-class interceptor Maelstrom, to be opened in case of owner's death.)

Vette—

I'm not sure how or even if this message will become necessary, but everyone's luck runs out someday. I hope it's not for a long, long time.

… That's your doing, you know. Before I met you, death seemed a mercy. One I did not deserve, perhaps, but a mercy nonetheless. And then you came along. I would die for you in a heartbeat—though I sincerely hope it does not, and has not, come to that—but you … you made me want to live.

You helped me when you didn't have to, stayed when you could have fled, fought beside me and laughed at the dangers we faced. You saved me more times and in more ways than I could ever repay. You have been my best and truest friend.

I love you. With all my heart, I love you, I love you, I love you.

Ev

o.O.o