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Letter to Ivlysar Tal'en'qir

For several weeks now, I've endeavoured to join your organization. While I have abandoned hopes for the surface, the lure of freedom rings true in my heart down here as it ever did on the surface. Tyranny is everpresent, even moreso in the bowels of the earth. I assumed that your organization believed this as strongly as I.

At your beckoning, I tracked down an agent, Mbizi. A surly, combative woman, I nevertheless endeavoured to prove myself through her. I carried out several intelligence operations, -all- of which were dismissed by Mbizi. I carried on regardless, finding a clear and obvious threat.

When I informed Seeker Mbizi of this, I was dismissed yet again. Enraged, I questioned her on her almost imbecilish dimissive manner. She informed me, in no uncertain terms, that I wouldn't do well in the Seekers- it was the surface you sought, not freedom as well. I stated that depsite her repulsive manner, I still endeavored to join the Seekers. She told me to prove it- depsite the fact I've been doing this.

The other Seekers have proven scarce. I desire to align myself with those who would defend the weak and fight for freedom, but I am more than a little disgusted with the completely and utter apathy and dismissiveness I have seen in your agent Mbizi. With recruits like her, it is little wonder your budget fairs so poorly.

If you are truly interested in freedom, I'll suffer on through any more hurtles thrown at me. But if you are more interested in witty retorts and pugnacious tempers, well. I've been severly decieved.

-Isabella Saldanha

Miss Saldanha,

Your letter has given me pause. To begin with, a question: are you, or are you not, willing to dedicate yourself to finding a path to the Surface? You speak of freedom, but freedom begins when a man or woman is able to make a choice as to whether they will live beneath rock or beneath the clear blue sky.

Respectfully, Ivlysar