EPILOGUE

"DEAR YOUSAY, THE OTHERS, THAT OTHER ONE.

I KNOW YOU SAID I SHOULDN'T CONTACT YOU AGAIN BUT I AM DOING SO. MY TRIP IS GOING WELL - AND I DID NOT GO TO THE SAME PLACE.

I DON'T KNOW WHEN I'LL BE BACK. PERHAPS IF I GET ANY MORE SINISTER URGES I WILL.

TELL AKI I'M SORRY I GOT SOME OF MR. CRAB'S REMAINS ON HER SHOES ALTHOUGH SHE REALLY DIDN'T SEEM TO MIND.

- KILLYOU xxx"

AKI FINISHED READING THE POSTCARD AND GAVE IT TO YOUSAY. "HUH, IT WAS ONLY DEAD CRAB" SAID AKI "I CLEANED IT OFF EASILY AS SOON AS I GOT HOME. I DID." WHICH WASN'T THE TRUTH AS SHE SORT OF LEFT IT ON THERE FOR A WHILE AND WENT TO SLEEP WATCHING IT.

"OH HEY, YOUSAY, WHY DON'T YOU SPEND THE DAY WITH AKI." SAID BRUNO, TO EVERYONE'S SURPRISE. "I UH, KIND OF HAVE TO GO TO THE DOCTOR." HE RUBBED THE BACK OF HIS HEAD "APPARENTLY I SHOULDN'T HAVE HAD SO MANY COMA'S IN ONE WEEK. IT MAY HAVE RUINED MY MEMORIES COMPLETELY."

YOUSAY NODDED AND GAVE THE POSTCARD TO CROW. AKI DID A MENTAL DANCE OF UTTER JOY. WHEN IT WAS GOOD, IT WAS GOOD.

"KILLYOU ISN'T SO BAD." SAID CROW, PRETENDING HE COULD READ THE POSTCARD "JUST A BIT SCREWED UP. BUT AREN'T WE ALL? PERHAPS WE SHOULD LET HIM BACK INTO THE TEAM ONE DAY. AFTER HIS TRIP."

YOUSAY AND AKI LOOKED AT CROW WEIRDLY FOR WHAT SEEMED FOREVER AND THEN YOUSAY TOOK THE POSTCARD AND WROTE:

"RETURN TO SENDER. x"