Chapter 8 - Project S Letter ID #840219.1108

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Project S Letter ID #840219.1108

RE: Hello To A Chilly Friend

Tuesday, Feb 21, 1984 at 11:08 AM

From: Mariella Haynes

Bcc: Landon Lemb , "Professor Hojo"

To: "Professor Gast"

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Dear Professor Gast -

I am sorry that I didn't write sooner. I haven't been feeling well since I slept in a snowdrift. I've been in my bed a lot with wires and cords attached to me. It is warm and sleepy here. Mariella keeps telling me that I am sick. I need to recover so I can start remembering things. Things are fuzzy in my mind. I can remember most everything but the details are all gone. It is frustrating to be told that I am not remembering things because I cannot remember not remembering them. That is a very complicated sentence. Does that make sense?

I took a nap here. Typing and thinking is hard.

Thank you for writing me a new letter even though I didn't write you back yet. Who told you about what happened? I am trying to take care of myself but Mariella and Landon are doing it for me. Except Landon doesn't do much. He is upset with me. I think that it is because they decided to stop treatment.

I know that I am not supposed to like being taken care of but it feels so good. I get to sleep all the time. Mariella brings me books she thinks I'll like. Charlie gets to sleep on my bed. School is only an hour a day and easy things. I don't have to do my chores.

Everything is sore. I am much bigger than I was and my arms and legs are stretched out. I look in the mirror and don't see myself. I'm tall now. I can reach the top cabinets in the kitchen. I thought that there would be something special in those cabinets so I snuck down to look last Friday. All I found is Landon's wine and a couple of pieces of chocolate in the bottom of a big bag. I didn't eat the chocolate. I know she only eats it when she is stressed.

I want to explore like you. There are so many places that I haven't been to. The mountains have hiking paths. There is also a Shinra reactor there. I want to see it. Mariella and Landon don't let me go. They keep an eye on me. They don't trust me even though I am starting to remember my lessons. Mariella seems scared. I don't know why. Do you know why?

Thank you for the photo of the Shinra building. It looks so different than anything we have here. I didn't know that anyone could get that much glass. Maybe someday you can show me it?

Please come see me soon. I miss you.

-Sephiroth

P.S. "Healing" is boring.

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Oh man, we've got two more chapters and then this story goes full pedal to the metal for the remaining of this part. Anybody who has read my other stuff knows how I roll. Not that this hasn't been busy so far but...oh boy.

I've started a twitter. I'm using it more of a record of my progress but you are welcome to follow me there. I'll be posting about the updates, process and favorite lines that I write and edit from future chapters. I dropped a paragraph from Part Three a couple days ago. The handle is "Quinhwyvar".

No pressure. Just letting you know.

What do you think? What's going to happen next?

Thanks for reading. -Quin