Dear Aunt Carol,

I hope this letter finds you well. I'm writing to inform you that I have been transferred to the Manzanar Internment Center, as I am sure the government has been giving you the run around as to my whereabouts. I want you to know that I am safe.

I can't say that the facilities here are much of an improvement over the prison, but the company is most definitely more enjoyable. My friend Sanosuke says that I should have seen the camp when he and his sister, Kaoru, first arrived. Half of the living compartments were still unfinished. Heh, even the finished housing—if you can really call these shacks housing—is really flimsy. Often the wood has dried out and there are large cracks.

Another thing is the overcrowding. There is no privacy to speak of…there is communal showers and public toilets, and whole families are crammed into one room spaces. The few friends I have made inform me that I am lucky to have arrived when I did. The water heaters had been broken for several weeks and only recently were fixed. It's not the most hygienic of places. Miss Megumi, who is an assistant in the camp's infirmary, told me there was a tuberculosis scare several months ago, and that a young man died of the disease.

My friends Sanosuke and Kaoru have invited me to bunk with them in their room. It was only the two of them, and they were the least crowded of the quarters. I'm glad they invited me; they are very nice people.

Don't worry about me. I'll be fine. The people have formed a very tight knit and functional community here actually, and they are always finding ways to improvise with what they have. They have a school building set up and also a farm to help with the war effort. Heck, they even have social gatherings where people can dance and listen to music. A group of kids managed to get a band going. The "town" even has its own Boy Scout troop. It'd be almost normal if it weren't for the fences and armed guards.

I think I'll be fine here for however long Uncle Sam plans on keeping us. Don't worry about me.

All my love,

Kenshin

A/N: This was actually supposed to be the opening to Chapter Six, but I think I might just make these letters to Aunt Carol (who will be explained a bit more in later chapters) their own little pieces within the story like this. E-mail on what you think? Should I make these letters separate throughout the story or as parts with in a chapter? TY for all your reviews!