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Previously: Dakota had left the laboratory, spent too much time wandering through the cave system, and gained Righteousness. Her partner was still dead and Jason was still on the loose. She'd been looking through the case files, and seems like That Body wasn't what she thought... 

Now…

Dear J,

I’m getting used to the idea that it doesn’t matter how I got here, what matters is that I AM here. And I’m recognizing that the spirit of YOU got me here, not that body. Yes, there is a difference between the body WITH you and WITHOUT you. He wasn’t J, he wasn’t any kind of savior, he wasn’t even a friend.. I guess he was just an unsuitable long-term host. But if you found a better one, I’m interested to see what you see. I’m looking for you, now that I can see that you aren’t in him anymore.

I love what you love and hate what you hate. Lukewarmness = YUCK. Cowardice = YUCK.

(But I know it goes both ways, I fall show of your glory too. I misrepresent you and you can’t be seen in me either. So I can’t hate him and call him dead without saying the same about me. But you forgive me of my sin and I repent from them, and I stay with you. That matters.)

❤