(Scars do not appear to be cause of death –shock ... - Bad Request

"Perhaps if you got the legacy, it might answer some questions for us both."
"Of course, of course... hold a moment, and I shall return presently."
"Very well. I will wait."
He shuffled off, cane clacking with each step. He was quick about digging it
up. How many times had he stared at the locked legacy, aching to know
what was inside but legally bound to protect it for whoever would come to
claim its contents?
"All the articles are accounted for..." Iannis held three scrolls in his hands.
He stared at the items, almost hypnotized. "Here you are. If I may... may I
read them, sir?"
"Let me read them first, then I shall decide."
"Of course..." Iannis seemed broken. "But please, I beg you, I have very little
left to remember my daughter by..."
"I shall not forget. I will return after I have read them," I promised. As much
as I wanted to ease this poor man's troubles, I needed to take care and
protect others from my past. I unrolled the scroll.
My Love,
If you are reading this, then the tragedy I have Seen has come to pass. I
have died, and you have remained to suffer the loss.
Know this, my Love... I know why you were forced to shield your feelings
from me. You sought to protect me from the terrible burden you carry
with you. The distance you kept between us was your way of protecting
me, and the brief moments when we were alone and you let your feelings
be known, that was when I knew you cared for me. Carry no regrets with
you, carry no guilt, for I came with you on your haunted journey of my
own accord, and no matter how death came for me, I know that you did
everything in your power to save me.
Our lives are intertwined, my Love, and death shall not be a wall between
us.
For my Sight has seen what is to come, only in staccato segments, but it is
enough for me to know that we will be separated for a time, but we shall
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