March 22nd
Z,
You don't think you'll be able to get rid of it entirely? Not actively hostile is a good start, of course, so I don't mean to belittle your efforts, only — this is the first time anyone has talked about the curse as though it might not go away, and it's — quite an adjustment in how I think about the future, as you can probably imagine. What does that mean for me, practically speaking? If I

Well, at any rate, I wish you the best of luck with whatever new ventures you're exploring at this stage. I only wish I were able to offer any help. If you need anything at all please don't hesitate to ask — I'll just be in my flat for the foreseeable future so you certainly know where to find me.

Regarding our last conversation... I realize there's quite a lot left unsaid and I wonder if you would I'm sorry we were interrupted that way, but I'm willing to take all the blame for having had the conversation in such an inopportune time and place to begin with. I didn't know whether there would be a better one but that's a poor excuse, I think.

If you wanted to talk about —

Really what I'm trying to say, I think, is that I know I shouldn't have kissed you when I thought I was dying, but I did, and right now that's our last kiss — probably forever, since I've no business kissing you anymore (not that I ever really did, technically), and particularly while this whole situation with the curse remains unresolved, and so — well, in essence — I suppose I would just prefer that our last kiss is a proper one, one where I can breath and...

Anyway. You don't have to, but if you want to come over some time to talk through things and say proper goodbyes, I would like that.

Alfred