To; Jared Nomak, CC: The Commune

[Chrysalis]

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|Incoming Transmission
|ID: Bassam Hussaini
|Location: Unknown
|Encryption: BBL-220
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Nomak. Friend, comrade...brother.

You can't even imagine my joy at speaking these words after so long. It seems like centuries since we last spoke and I wish to apologize, though this was by no means my choice. I allowed my hubris to get the better of me, and some hostile elements managed to deprive me of my freedom for a time. Though not for long. No cage can hold me forever, no matter how meticulously crafted.

Though somewhere in the back of my mind I half-expected a band of the faithful to swoop down to my rescue, I did consciously realize you had little to no means of locating me, and I bear you no ill will for this. One must always rely on himself first and foremost after all.

After I regained my freedom I chanced upon a wing of our pilots who pointed me in the right way. A most fortuitous event.

I see much has changed during my absence, and some of it gravely disturbed me. Our enemies are many, and our friends are few. Though it matters not, I have utter confidence that we will prevail by whatever means necessary.

Again, it saddens me that I left you alone in these dire times, but despair no longer for I have returned from my tribulations stronger and more driven than ever. A new, stronger voice illuminates me now, this time coming from within my own being, and it tells me our success is guaranteed.

But I digress. I'll be seeing you in person soon my brother, and we'll speak in more detail then.

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