It is done.

A few days ago a heard a rumor, one that I couldn't bring myself to believe. I swore to speak to her again, to figure out the truth of it. I send messages... and as chance would have it, I managed to speak with her again today.

It wasn't much; just a quickly whispered word, and one last look.

It was enough.

So. She has left the lands, my friend, one of my oldest friends whom I have known since almost the day I set foot on Dundee's gate. She could always make me smile with just a soft look, and a snippit of her matchless poetry that she could conjure from out of the thinnest air.

She is safe now, having arrived home enveloped in the gentle Light that she enriched with her every breath, her every smile. She's safe now, in a place where Balthy's taint is as the passing of a bad dream.

It sometimes seems to me that it is this darkness, this taint of evil that is the bad dream that will soon pass. Until that day, I shall continue helping as I may, doing however much I can.

After reflecting on the matter, I find myself in a state of quiet peace, I guess as much from the rumor being squashed and reaching closure in the matter.

For now, farewell sweet friend Haleth. Your warmth and Light are an example for us all, and I shall do my own little part to keep it.