It was as if the animals were frozen in time, for there was no sound
save for the wind offering it's dying breath to the aspen trees. I
walked on through that faded path. I felt the falling leaves kiss the
top of my head on their journey to their final resting place. I made the
light climb to my destination, brushing a branch from my path... And
behold splendor made reality. Two interconnected tiny ponds about 20
feet in diameter. A perfect and timeless union surrounded and enclosed
three-fourths by those color splattered aspen trees. The other fourth
was a hillside with a "tiny" rockypeaked mountain in the near distance.
This place drew to me on this day of all days... Four years to the date
that I lost her. It was as if she wanted me to be here, and wanted to
show me something... But what? I removed my clothing and stood in the
center of the ponds... One foot in one, and one in the other; waiting.
Feeling that light and dying wind rekindle itself and surround my naked
body. I felt water... But not from below. Tiny droplets were falling,
and it seemed that the cloud was above me, and me alone releasing itself
onto this clearing... These ponds alone. Is this what you were trying to
tell me? Could it be that you are still here?? I closed my eyes and
willingly let my tears mingle with the tears from the heavens, and
remembered. Every detail of her face and every pitch of her voice as if
she was standing beside me. But when, Oh after hours it seemed, I opened
my eyes, I was still alone... No, I was not. For there by my right hand
was a rather large female moose looking at me with those dark brown
eyes... Just like hers! The beast came to me, nuzzled the side of my
face, and trotted past me into the forest. There, standing naked in the
water, all I could do was thank her for leading me to this place.
Finally, After such a long time without closure, I had been given the
chance to say goodbye... Finally, I can find the strength and courage to
avenge you...

Penned by my hand on the 2nd of Vita, in the year 483 AD.