To: Astraea

[Jeremy Hunter]

A...Ast?

I...I didn't want to. I...I got into so much trouble, I had no...no way to tell you. A...after I called last, after I begged you to save me, no one came for me. I suffered until Ceres did, and...and I never wanted to. I never wanted to leave you Ast. I...why would I want to? After everything we've done, after every day in the bar, after every moment we spent together...I never wanted to lose that. I never wanted to lose you, Ast.

Tears stream freely, Aeron trying to keep her composure

I won't ever disappear again...if I do...if I disappear Ast, it's because I'm dead. it's because I'm dead and not another damn reason. Astraea...every time I said I love you, I meant it. I meant it to the point I would have you share your love with Kole then to risk losing you. I'd rather have some of your love than none, and...and I can't do it. I can't sit without know you'd still fight for me, for Kole, for what we had.

So please. I won't disappear Astraea. I won't.

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May you ever walk in the Light, Shizune.