My parents, long dead now, were kind. Though they must have had their fears (and who, in the Splintered Lands, wouldn’t?), they found a child, caked in mud, abandoned to die in the wasteland, and raised him – oddities and all – as one of their own. They were…pretty special.
I understand that I’m different. A “lucky” result of the Splintering, I guess. The brave people I meet in my travels, those that are left…they struggle, and they strive, and they cling to life with every bit of strength they can muster. But I’m somehow apart from it all.
I’m watching the sun rise, and it is beautiful. I wonder if dawn ever looked like this before the calamity? I think today would be my two-hundredth birthday, if anyone I loved was still around to celebrate such things.
Agreed. Remember, information is power. Keep your eyes and ears open, and if you’re not sure whether or not something you see or hear is important, bring it to the group and let us all decide. Thank you for the work you do, my friends. - Leo, out.
Then Civil Dawn must stand ready to bring them to heel when the time comes. If the research is that dangerous, who knows how many lives might depend on us. - Foch
That’s all I have at present. Although…Leo, what they’re working on developing is bad. Really, really bad. If we’re working under the assumption that they are not developing it to combat terror research… - Ockham
Understood. It sounds like that research is something we need to keep a close watch on. And if one of their best and brightest were to be having some troubles at home, well...who could blame them for being off their game?
- Leo
Considering I’ve heard no such reports, I’d say it’s safe to assume that’s propaganda and they’ve got a different agenda. Intelligence suggests no such change in the current threat picture; we’re all still worried about nuclear war, nothing that subtle. - Foch
Supposedly, they’ve received intelligence that the… that our “friends” have been working on something that would change the face of the planet, regardless of whether or not it does what they want it to do. They say our research could prevent catastrophe. - Ockham
Right…sorry. I just wanted to update – they’ve really doubled down on research into the areas we’ve been worried about. Specifically, large-scale development. Taking what we think we know into account, I think this is cause for concern. - Ockham
Foch’s right. Things change, and if these communications fall into their hands, what we’re trying to do is done before it begins. Best not get overconfident. - Leo