Dear Leitha, | hope this letter finds you well
sister. You wouldn't believe where | find
myself. Did you know that a massive
chunk of iron can float on water? | am
currently on one such piece of rock. It has
been shaped to resemble a ship, except its
insides are far too complex for me to
comprehend. In my last letter | spoke
about the strange people in green
uniforms and their peculiar metal golems. |
have decided to tag along with them and |
somehow ended up joining their crew. Life
on the metal ship has been strange to say
the least.
My first few days consisted of emptying
my innards into the sea. Suprisingly |
wasn't a butt of many jokes. | was instead
treated with compassion and warm tea.
The strange humans tell me that none of
them interacted with the sea until theywere in their twenties - that's a proper adult
in human years. They all went through the
same ordeal as | did. From these
interactions | also learned that it was their
captain who educated them and that | was
on her vessel. But | was onboard for so
long and | was yet to meet her. The sailors
simply kept telling me that she was
‘personally steering the ship’. Sister, don't
captains usually turn that wheel thing?
There was no such object on the deck.
| wasn't kept in suspense for too long
however. Lo and behold! | met the elusive
woman! She too was a metal golem, but
her intellect was as high as a human's,
naybe even elf's. She had strange tendrils
petruding from her head. It strangely looks
like hair. The first meeting was... shakey.
She was acting bizzare. She was in a half
manic state and her posture depicted it.She yelled uncompregensible things. The
crewmen did their best to keep her from
climbing up the pillars. After about an hour,
she calmed down. She introduced herself
as No.2 - citizen of Credia and this ship's
captain and strategist. | have to admit,
after her manic state passed, she was
pleasant to converse with. No.2 was strict
but oddly behaved like a 40 year old
youngling. It was very subtle, yet noticable.
Our conversation led to me showing her
my drawing skills. The iron woman doesn't
have eyes to blink, but she seemed to be
ingrossed by my handiwork. In exchange
for tagging along, she had me help out
with some chores and teach her how to
draw. | also learned that she has only one
older brother, No.1, but that she will soon
have another one named No.3. How a
metal person gives birth is beyond me.Today was tiresome. | had a lot of work to
do, which | am used to, but the storm kept
shaking our ship and made my life harder. |
am so tired. | want to enter a reverie. I'll
draw how No.2 looks like and send it
together with the letter. Stay well.
- Love, Lenzo.