Tara

Dear Anubis,

There is a saying among humans that live in the Mortal World: every person is capable of many things, but many times, he or she is not aware of those capabilities. I wonder, when you were still alive, if you ever believed that saying?

Of course, even after what happened in Japan, I'm still skeptical about many supernatural things. Even today, the idea of a deceased ex-Warlord sending me flashes of his life doesn't sit well with me. However, when you chose me to put an end to the fighting between Loren, Sekhmet, Dais, and Cale, and I'll admit, I wasn't too keen on the idea. It's just that somehow, you knew I had the ability to stop the fighting.

Even now, two months after I left Japan with Loren and Irene, I still don't know how you knew of my capabilities. It's just that with your help, you forced me to bring it out. It's funny, a man who died trying to show his friends a better way, does it again from beyond the grave. Of course, when I discovered your body, it helped push my argument for the fighting to stop, but it still bothered me. Sometimes, I wonder if opposites really attract, I mean after all, you left behind three wonderful friends; eccentric, crazy, and sometimes downright weird friends, but they were more loyal than any gang members I see on the streets of Raleigh. You seemed to be "normal" one of the group, while Dais, Cale, and Sekhmet were the "eccentric" ones in the group. However, from the flashes you gave me, they were not emotionless people, but real people who feel real emotions. When you left them, they acted like any normal person, including me, would act.

Maybe you were able to save your friends because despite what your ex-boss drilled into the four of you, Dais, Cale, and Sekhmet did have emotions. All four of you were human beings and just like any other human being, you four were subject to human emotions. So, in a way, emotions can help a person discover who they are and what they can become. Maybe you knew that when you chose me, or maybe you knew that your friends were not heartless killing machines, but human beings.

Even if emotions don't completely develop a person, you showed me that emotions are a part of growing up. They help mold and shape a person, and I know that after the whole series of events took place, I became a different person.

I don't know if you'll ever read this letter, but I just wanted to thank you for putting your trust in me and helping me to develop into a mature young woman. Without your interference, I would probably still be curled up with a book, alone in an unseen corner of a Library, and not hanging out with my friends. So thanks, I don't think I'll ever forget what you did for me.

Tara Samson