The memories are shadows, ink on the page

[The handwriting is recognizably Cloud's.]

I'm told that this book is used for communication. I don't understand how, but looking back through it, I'm inclined to believe it.

I'm also told that my name is Cloud. News to me, but since I don't remember any other name, it'll do.

Since the people who told me those things seemed to be too busy to answer any more questions, anyone else feel like doing it?

[The following is drawn quickly, with ink and a brush. Kindly pretend it's actually a good drawing, and not one crappily rendered in Paint by me.]



You can start with telling me what that is, and what it was doing in my box. [Pause] What I've been told is my box, anyway.

Looks like I missed [pause] something.

I see Adashino made it through okay. Did everyone else?

[Forward dated to sometime in the morning of August 15th, idek.]

[Water drips on the page for nearly a minute before any writing appears.]

Well, that's different. I can't say today started off boring, at least.

The Wilderness has changed into [pause, more water drips] something very interesting this time.

So now we're suddenly living in a huge sakura tree. [A long pause, though uncharacteristically a dot of ink or two appears on the page as he almost starts to write something more before changing his mind.] Makes as much sense as anything else around here.

Koi [slight pause] -san. I think I found another one of those things you were looking for.