Romulus Reprobaverunt
The report Operation Remus compiled on Mortuus Anima contained in sum:
2252 Treety w/ Twst Hares is go. Perchased new recrute. Foul preisisses namd him MORTUUS ANIMA
2256 Recruit MORTUUS ANIMA – Centurion CATO THE BLUDY
2257 Centurion CATO THE BLUDY executed for treason- centuriae to die for same
2258 Decanus MORTUUS ANIMA reprts radeo towr gamma/Kingman brokn/ransackd
2258 Centurion THOROS' forces to be suplimented with contubernia as folows: Decanus STEPHEN Decanus SUN-GOAT Decanus LEO Decanus HADRIANUS Decanus MORTUUS ANIMA
2258 Centurion THOROS met the rest of the force at Yuma. Yuma conquered
2259 Decanus MORTUUS ANIMA disciplined for insubordination
2259 MORTUUS ANIMA traded to Centurion WILLIAMS
2259 Decanus MORTUUS ANIMA disciplined for insubordination
2260 Decanus MORTUUS ANIMA disciplined for insubordination
2263 Warlord Tarsus is eliminated. Processing of slaves begins at 0600. Decanus ANIMA and his contubernia took lead, practically conquered warlord's stronghold singlehandedly.
2263 Centurion WILLIAMS to head south to El Paso, will meet up with Centurion AURELIUS
2266 MORTUUS ANIMA traded to Centurion CORRAM
2266 Centurion CORRAM commended for victory over profligate tribals.
2266 MORTUUS ANIMA traded to Centurion BRUTUS
2266 MORTUUS ANIMA disciplined for insubordination
2266 Centurion BRUTUS commended for victory.
2266 Centurion BRUTUS to head north on 25, Centurion JANUS will follow 40, then swing around
2266 MORTUUS ANIMA traded to Centurion AURELIUS
2267 Centurion AURELIUS expanded territory by 40 sq miles
2267 MORTUUS ANIMA traded to Centurion CORRAM
2268 Centurion CORRAM transferred to Flagstaff
2268 Fought the Teziis. MORTUUS ANIMA still not dead
2270 Centurion CORRAM set out on campaign against Manti-La today.
2270 Decanus MORTUUS ANIMA and contubernia sent to destroy hunting grounds, while rest of centuriae harras Manteela w/ skirmshes
2270 Decanus MORTUUS ANIMA disciplined for insubordination
2270 MORTUUS ANIMA disciplined for insubordination
2270 Decanus DEAD SEA along with Decanus MORTUUS ANIMA to suppliment Centurion MANDELAY's forces at Kiowa.
2270 MORTUUS ANIMA traded to Centurion JANUS
2271 Command of Decanus ANIMA and contubernia transfrd to Centurion UNREADABLE
2271 Decanus ANIMA disciplined for insubordination
2271 MORTUUS ANIMA and contubernia assind to scowting
2275 MORTUUS ANIMA reassigned to Centurion JANUS' command.
2275 Legate to head north to Twin Mothers w/ Centurions JANUS AURELIUS VENATOR FRANKLIN JONES BAOLTAI
2275 Centurion JANUS to guard road south
2275 MORTUUS ANIMA under Centurion VENATOR's command, as part of deal for Twin Mothers slave. Should be the end of it.
2275 Centurion SCIPIO VENATOR to be executed for treason. Centuriae to die for same
Thirty-seven terse journal entries spanning twenty-three years. That was all that was left of Julia's brother. They were all she had. She read them over and over again. She wanted to find some hidden code, some greater meaning. Something she was missing because of all the med-x and bufo and alcohol. There was information she knew to be contradictory, and there were whole years missing from her brother's life, but there was nothing about how he felt, who he loved, who he had really been. There was nothing that could give her a better understanding of the man that had once been her brother. There never would be.
2259 was the year Vulpes Inculta betrayed the Twisted Hairs, but the three entries dating from that year said absolutely nothing about how Mortuus felt about it, whether he felt alone or sad or even if he didn't care at all. 2270 was the year Julia made contact with Mortuus again, but the six logs from that year didn't explain how he felt the morning after she had disappeared into the badlands night. They didn't say if he felt betrayed or confused by her leaving.
She couldn't tell if he'd left anyone behind. If he'd ever lost anyone. Operation Remus had recovered thousands upon thousands of records from the Legion, yet for her there was nothing. She had nothing. She set the transcripts on fire, then sat at the table in her scrap-metal shack for awhile. She couldn't feel the cold night air on her skin. She couldn't feel anything.