[Filter: Private]

[long pause] I can't even think about it.

[Filter: Ladies of House Rhia]

I know things have been terribly difficult this last month. Like everyone, I pray every day that Lord Devine will return safe and sound and that all this will be resolved.

However, I do not think that he would want us to spend all our time worrying and so I wondered if anyone would be interested in accompanying me into the city tomorrow? There are some things I still need for the wedding and I would like to get as much done now, to avoid rushing around frantically as the date gets even closer.

[Megami]

Today there-

[Filter: Private]

No. I'm not going to hide.

[Filter: Public, in Trade]

Today a young man was brought to the temple who had been gravely injured in a rock slide. I was there when he arrived and I have to admit, I do not think he was likely to survive. However, Sister Sabilla, along with the other healers, worked long and hard to help him and now it is believed that he will recover, though he will likely bear some of the signs of this accident for the rest of his life. But he will live.

It was really quite incredible.

[Filter: Elden]

Are you going to be okay? I know I don't have any idea what things must have been like for you and that you and Fayre haven't really wanted to talk about anything but if that ever changes, I've been told I'm a very good listener. And if you need anything at all, just let me know.

[Filter: Private]

Why won't anyone tell us what's happening? I know there's something but ... I have no idea what. Things with Lancel and Linnell and something else too, I'm sure of it ... Edeyn would tell me that I should be patient and wait. They'll tell me when I need to know.

Edeyn would also tell me that I need to do what I promised and stop putting it off.

[Filter: Stephanie]

... I just wanted you to know that I'm really sorry for what I did. It was a terrible thing to do. And I'm sorry.

[Filter: Relette]

And now you're dead. Cylina too but who cares about that. After everything that's happened, you're the only thing I can't quite- I tried to do the best I could for you, tried to somehow make up for ... everything. But it was never going to be enough. And now you're gone.

I had no idea what was going to happen. I didn't. But even if I had, part of me thinks it still might have been worth it. That's something I could never say. I still think it though.

That doesn't change the fact that I am sorry.

[Filter: Keane and Lirit]

We need to figure out ways to keep morale up as it gets colder. We may all be used to the cold but no one wants to be in a tent in the middle of this weather and we know it's only going to get worse.

At least we've had those small victories along the way. I wonder how long we're going to keep running across those groups.

[Filter: Franelcrew]

Well, looks like we've got this all figured out! Wow, that wasn't nearly as hard as I thought it'd be...well, it was hard, of course, but it could've been worse. So yeah, we've got this one all wrapped up!

Now Archibald's favorite set of books is missing! We still haven't found the watch yet, and now this?! Ohhh, where could these things possibly be disappearing to...how many more will disappear before we find out?!

And of course, Dickon insists it was Colin who took them. Ugh, the nerve of that man-!!

[Filter: Franelcrew]

... It is getting colder here. I hoped it would not, but it makes sense. Animals in the desert burrow deep in the ground to escape from the heat, and who knows how old the air is in that dungeon. Would it be too much to wonder if the architects of this place thought about heating?

[Kilian]

Mother says the triplets should start going to school soon. She's crazy. I mean, they're little. All right, maybe they're not that little anymore, but still. I guess they should be playing with kids their age. Just have to learn to let them go~

Oh! I was just unpacking and I thought I accidentally took someone else's journal, but this is most assuredly my own. Is this? It's magic like the rest of my family's, isn't it? And Lady Canti and Lady Isanae as well! I never thought I would have one of my very own. It has been so very long that I had even given up hope, and yet here it is.

Word of the Hurricane that hit Shairfel is just starting to reach my convent. I read about it earlier, but hearing accounts of it in person is so much more heartbreaking. I wish that there were something I could do to help, beyond offering prayers, as those never seem to be enough. I know it is something, and that the Dragons will be certain to answer my prayers and see to it that help is brought where it is most needed.

[Filter: Private]

Prayers, of course, do nothing. I might as well be talking to an imaginary friend, or to Father while he is asleep. Yet even Father is more comforting than talking to Dragons. It is a shame Father Leonard would not even think of sending any aid from our convent. Think of the good I could do, and the name I could make for myself, helping the victims.