Life should always be so.

Dearest Topaz looked so dedicated, so proud, as did all her dear brethren - many of them my brethren. The garden looked wonderful as I remembered it. Their words so solemn and heartfelt and somehow so full of quiet passion. I am glad I was there although I would be lying to myself if I said it was easy to be there. They are among the people I love best and I miss them every day. Yet to see their joy and the quiet pride in their achievement was a blessing and I thank the gods for it. Dear Jake - it was so good of him to accompany me. That roguish warrior! He let me take his arm and escorted me like the secret gentleman I have always known him to be. Beloved brother.

As yet, the rumours I had heard have come to nothing. I have heard from one or two others that yes, they had seen Richard. Yet I can find no trace. I wandered the grasslands again through the night in the faint hope that perhaps I might see him or even a trace that he had been there. But no, there was nothing. It surely could not be that people have been mistaken: no I do not believe that for dearest Purazon was one to have told me. No - patience is the thing I never have been able to master. I must be patient. Richard has been in a self imposed absent state for a long time - could it be he does not WANT to see anyone? If that is so then I must not rush to find him, though of course I long to. The wishes of one should not direct the actions of another. Now I think on it I should remind myself of that more often.....

Dearest Purazon's Clue contest has been a great success - despite my best efforts.... The guild are enjoying judging the other contests too.

Yes life should always be so - I have a healthy strong body that does as I tell it, I have a home, I have family, I have friends - and I can enjoy watching them grow together.

Thank you...