I'm sure you're furious with me right now. What right did I have to disappear when we'd only just found each other? But I did it for us. To secure our future and to make sure that we'd be safe from the Mantis from this point on.
I don't like living in fear.
My money, everything I own, is yours of course. Use it. Eat something, idiot. Make sure you have clothing that isn't the next thing to rags. I didn't make all those sacrifices just to make you a scientist—although that was part of it—but also to make a safe and secure future for you.
Take care of Noriko for me. She's the only person in this world I love half as well as you and I worry about her without me. She'll need a friend. Be that friend.
I love you, Little Brother.
Until we meet again in the river of stars, your big sister, Ling
THORNE'S DEAD LETTER ON CHOUKO'S BEHALF TO MIN (LIGHTNING AGE)
I hope you don't have to read this.
I'm sure you're furious with me right now. What right did I have to disappear when we'd only just found each other? But I did it for us. To secure our future and to make sure that we'd be safe from the Mantis from this point on.
I don't like living in fear.
My money, everything I own, is yours of course. Use it. Eat something, idiot. Make sure you have clothing that isn't the next thing to rags. I didn't make all those sacrifices just to make you a scientist—although that was part of it—but also to make a safe and secure future for you.
Take care of Noriko for me. She's the only person in this world I love half as well as you and I worry about her without me. She'll need a friend. Be that friend.
I love you, Little Brother.
Until we meet again in the river of stars,
your big sister,
Ling