[Early on the 27th.]

I have been here for two years now. It has been an honor to make what friends I have. It is not good to be taken away to a place you do not know, but it is made better by the company. I do not know what tomorrow will bring, especially here, but I am glad to be part of it. And perhaps there will once more be singing bananas next week, or a tasty rain. Or mistletoe which means hugs!

But I do have something to say that is not as pleasant to think about as hugs and songs. It is a bit hard to write but it must be written because what came before was written.

A long time ago I wrote that my son was here. I have been calling Spring, Lotus, my son for a long time based on how I felt and what I saw and remembered, and what I was told by someone from my world. I was wrong. I have mislead you all and I am sorry. He is still important and precious to me, but we are not related by blood. It seems that he is one of my students from home, as Sighted, who was likely also Helix, was. I am sorry again. I did not mean to lie to everyone but I did. I can only hope that I am forgiven.

There is a lot to write.

I will start with the serious first. There are many gone from the Sphere. Six. Alice. Free. Alex. Angelfish. Alex. Bunraku. Butterfly. Light. Law. Walk. Sage. Snap. Another Alex. And Stardust. The ones that were already announced are Crow, and Burn, and Code. I am sorry.

I am stepping down from Scavenging, Bridge. I think I want to spend more time with the people that are precious to me. Thank you for being a good boss.

Cara? Is the weapons stall able to repair a belt? I found it a couple of weeks back and have not had time to come by and get it fixed.

Does anyone know about the tickets that showed up before? I was given one in the parade, and do not know what to do with it, or where to take it.

Lotus, Bell. If you are both off tonight, we should have dinner together. I will help, but I will not insist on doing most of the work.

[The writing is slow, deliberate. Struck-out text is struck out promptly. Note that this post went up earlier than I was actually able to put it up, I'm sorry.]

I do not know if you do something specific with bodies. There is no need to investigate. I saw who it was as they left. I was too sl

It might be just one body, not two. I do not know what the other thing is, if it was a person or not. It talked to me in the park in a way. But Fred is dead for now.

Bell, if you find time, please check on Genius and Derrick. I will between tasks as well.