A farewell to someone very dear to me.

The heinous government crooks finally took you from me. Many years ago, their abuse already caused you great suffering. I tried to prevent it, thought about you night and day. You were always in my heart, how could you not? There was no artificial separation in our world. We laughed and we cried as one. After everything that happened, I still love you. The good times were short, with the systematic abuse of this era taking over most of our life. But they were oh so good.

I thought I could save you by playing along. Making 'money'. Getting us out. Little did I know the system would keep a healthy, peaceful life out of reach. I'm sorry. I had no father to show me the truth. You were annoyed by my numbers. Now I am, too. Finally. Wish we had spent all that time together instead. The magic of genuine connection heals and protects. It did much more than an educated brainwashed fool like me would've ever expected. I tried to help you with 'graduation', too. What a mistake that was. Wasted time creating a useful cog for the machine, dehumanized. I'm sorry I messed up. You'll be happy to hear I'm still the same otherwise, relentless. Wish I could share what I learned with you and start all over again. I'd take the pain again.

Remember when we first met and slipped away? They were looking for me, but we didn't care. Our hideout was barely big enough for both of us to crouch in, but it was good.

Wish I had done more.

I hope you know I meant well. You were always smarter than me anyway, just broken by them.