And as I sit here, writing in this journal, I rejoice to know that Narayan, too, is safe. I am sure that no danger shall befall it.
The Age I hoped would provide a new beginning still lives on.
At last I can rejoice, for Releeshahn has been returned to me unharmed. But if I had been the one to face Saavedro, if I had seen the life my sons had destroyed so callously, would I have left him stranded without hope? Would I have sacrificed his dreams to claim my own? The anguish of decisions that were made must be carried with me forever. But I can't escape the facts of its return. It's true that Releeshahn has been returned to us unharmed, that the Age I wrote to provide a new beginning is secure. And so, as I once again set my pen to the page, a heavy sorrow hangs over me. Use it, and see all that Narayan has to offer. The knowledge you've acquired here will show you the way in. It's also the first inhabited Age I'm sending you to alone, but don't be afraid. It's a very delicate Age, where civilization has emerged in response to the world's imbalances. The Linking Book you see here links to an Age called Narayan. But there is still one task ahead of you. and leave the past behind me, once and for all. And as I imagine Yeesha meeting the D'ni, those brave men and women who are building a new life for themselves, I realize I've been given another chance as well. I have a new daughter, who I hope will someday link to the Age with me. More than a year has gone by since I finished writing Releeshahn. So with my wife, Catherine, supporting me, I put aside that past to write a future. Gazing out across the cavern, I decided to write another Age - one that would help the D'ni survivors begin again, free from the tragedies of their past. Too many people had fallen victim to that hate, to the prejudice and greed from which it sprang. The once magnificent buildings lay in ruin, a testament to the hatred that had consumed them. I realized, as our group linked back to D'ni, that we should not restore the city as we had planned.
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