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FROM: CHA-319
TO: IKO-006

SUBJ: PERSONAL REPLY (2)

Thank you for writing back. Determination is a good word for it.

You have a lot on your mind, and I like to hear it . I won’t tell you what to do, but I will tell you,honestly, that you can’t stop them from using Stasis. It’s here to stay. People want to change; they want possibility They’ll pick up what they can use.

Which leads me to my next big fraught question.

You once told me that you consider VIP #2014 to be a real friend. Someone you trust implicitly. But #2014 was forced to use Stasis during the events on Europa. I know #2014 is just one of a number of powerful Guardians from the Cosmodrome cohort, but there’s no question they’re an influence on their peers. I hear gossip that #2014’s Ghost is overwhelmed sometimes by the need to support a Guardian who’s taken such huge risks. He tends to minimize his own needs, rather than push back. He’s barely even confided in other Ghosts about his own repeated possession by the intruders. Silence about such an invasive trauma? While he’s working with a Guardian who is constantly forced into close contact with a traumatizer? That worries me.

How does that feel? Having a trusted friend set the precedent for Guardian using the Darkness to save the day?

And I know exactly what we are. We’re best frenemies with a history of intense mutual hurt and messy reconciliation, leaving a deep tenderness as well as an almost impenetrable knot of scars. What could be simpler?

With love,

Chalco

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