To: Lazurith | From: Levan Harlow

[Geno]

identified: Lazurith
transmission point of origin: Elgin node

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...Let me tell you something, Levan. I hope you're sitting, because this could take a fair bit.

Sirius is full of evil and dangerous things. Life out here is actually a little better than how it is in the safety of a planetside house, because God knows how horrible it is down there, they'll skin you alive for a dime. It is nonetheless still filled with mad people with insane ideologies, literal aliens and madmen who want to blow up people for fun. I would know, because it literally happened to me. But it doesn't mean you have to live with it. You can avoid them. You can find your own safe place. There is good, and there is bad out here. And if you really want to stay afloat around the stars, you're going to have to learn how to avoid the things you're afraid of, and learn the difference between good and bad. I can help. You have a whole life to learn how to walk above that measly little line.

I can honestly understand every bit of terror you're going through. I've gone through in horror of those things myself two years ago. I was scared shitless when they would rummage through my head, and whispered and smiled and touched me without my consent and fingered through all my memories like they were archive folders. But these... creatures are real. And it's better if we all stay away from them, as much as possible.

...Heh. You know what. Erie is a goddamn funny coincidence, of all the places you could think of. Right now, I'm stuck here doing something very ugly I'd rather not be doing. I'd rather be exactly there, where Aspen lives, under big green fields of grass and nice winds all around me. But hell, if I can't get there, I hope you can manage to settle there.

It's likely that the line of work I'm in will get me killed, eventually. And while I might not be around to live this grassy dream of mine, you can. What you have right now in your hands is a clean, fresh start to live anew. You're a very capable and strong boy who's had to endure horrible things, and you are not stupid or any less capable than anyone else. I know you can live the life you deserve, meet the people who you should meet and finally be happy for a change. Because you're alive, Levan. And that's all that matters.

If you're living... just... let me know where you're going. I could never forgive myself if something happened to you. I'll drop by and visit you every now and then, maybe bring you more food rations to chew on. And if your stomach is feeling ready for it, maybe some actual cooked food from Kusari. Have you ever had smoked cod from Honshu?

Please let me know what you think. I'm looking out for you, Lev.

...Oh, and for God's sakes. Do NOT listen to Tamara's advice.
I don't think that lady's doing too well in her head.
Because her kind of "business road" will literally ruin your life.
If I ever hear you're resorting to that kind of thing, I will be very, very upset with you.

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