The Inbox of Dr. Philomena Lefting

[Philomena]

All correspondence, whether remote, or local within the University, intended for Dr Lefting, from friendly letters to written assignments to turn in, may be written here.

[Shiress]

Day 75 Winter 512AV My dearest Auntie Lefting, My hope is that this letter finds you well and in good health, Auntie. I can only guess the surprise you must feel reading this. Nor can I imagine what you must have thought when my family journeyed to Sunberth never to return so many seasons ago. I'll not go in great detail here in this letter, but there are things I wish you to know. When we arrived to Sunberth, Zane and I were led away by strangers. We were attacked and beaten. I alone was forced into a covered carriage and driven from my family and my freedom. This is the last memory of my family that I have, Auntie. The following 28 seasons, I lived an evil existence of a mere shell of a human. A slave to a man whose face is the beginning and end of many nightmares that plague my sleep now. Several failed attempts to escape this man ended in beatings and slowly my will to live began to fade until the Fall of 512. With aide, I was finally led to freedom and escaped Sunberth. In Winter this same year I was found outside the city walls of Syliras gravely injured. I was brought into the city and cared for and here I am still. I would offer you the story of my venture from Sunberth to Syliras, but Im afraid this is where my memory fails me. I miss you Auntie Lefting. I miss my home. My heart is empty here, but I am well and I am now free. Be well my sweet Auntie and know I think of you always. I send all my love, Shiress