A Message in a Bottle

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A fourth, final bottle, set to the ocean many years after the third - and from a foreign shore.

Barsburg's, rather than Esshar's.

Its handwriting is neat and proper, very formal.

Unlike the others, it's even signed at the bottom.

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I'm not waiting any longer. I will find you.

I have the resources to be capable of it, now. The peak of human development is more than enough to track down one feathery mad scientist. No matter how much you wish to remain hidden.

And when I reach you - not if, when - I will find the answers I want. I am very, very good at collecting information.

Some of my questions are as follows -

Who made you? Do you know what your initial purpose was? What do you believe? How often were you watching me? Were what I'd perceived as messages in my youth truly messages, or merely early ripples of madness? What of my mother? How much of my path was yours?

What is your true will?

That is all. Consider this a calling card, a statement of intent.

I'll be seeing you shortly, Kazfiel.

Rella pyr Aertas