Diary Extract I
No. I won't let him take them from me. I won't let him!
Michael.
Rose Marie.
Mattie.
Michael.
Rose Marie.
Mattie.
I can't let him take them away. They are all I have! All my memories, all my self, it is all I am! His words echo through my head and I can't get rid of them, it's the collar, I know it's the collar, but I can't stop it, I can't get rid of it, it's all just
Rose, Lucien, Derek, Thag, Giles, Mad-Dog, Belle, Dash, Sam and Max.
Theresa, Hammer, Magpie, Ripper, Barnum, Murgo.
Michael, Rose Marie, Mattie.
What else? Who else? Who else have I forgotten? How can I even tell?
Okay. Places. Grew up in Bowerstone Old Town. Bowerstone Old Town, Bowerstone Cemetery, Bowerstone Market, the clock tower, Fairfax Castle, the archaeology site - Belle - the Gargoyle's Trove. Then I moved to Bower Lake, the gypsy camp, Heroes' Hill, the caves, the caves I used to explore as a child, the lake, picnics with Rose Marie, oh Avo, Rose Marie, Mattie, Michael.
Rose Marie.
Mattie.
Michael.
Michael.
Rose Marie.
Mattie.
Oakfield, the Temple of Light, Westcliff... Rookridge, the Temple of Shadows... Brightwood, Brightwood Tower... the Bandit Coast... the Crucible...
I have to save Garth. I have to. I have to stop Lucien and this... this madness! I have to stop it now. He must pay for what he has done. I cannot let him finish the Spire. I have to... I have to... I have to stop him. I must stop him.
Avo. I can't, I can't do this.
Michael. I love you.
