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My muse is dead, but they left yours a letter! Send â to see what it says.
Spock,
    I donât know why Iâm writing this. The âamateur psychologistâ in me says itâs to give myself some peace of mind, but lately that gentlemanâs been reading a lot of crackpot new-age articles âjust for laughs.â That may be, but you canât completely deny the idea that inevitably, there might be some contamination of thought.Â
    Thatâs a joke, in case that didnât come across. I havenât actually lost my mind yet. But wait, whatâs that I hear? âDoctor, I am not entirely convinced you ever possessed one to lose.â
    Who knows, you might be right. Hell, maybe itâs a good thing youâre probably questioning my sanity. Might make it easier to tell you some things if you think Iâm delusional. I know youâre not there yet, Spock, but when you get to be the Vulcan equivalent of my age, youâll find a strange kind of freedom in the idea that people donât quite take you seriously anymore. Itâs damned frustrating, too, at times, but it is what it is. You take the good with the bad.
    Anyhow.
    First of all, Iâm sorry for ribbing on your pointed ears all this time. I couldnât exactly fault you on that brain of yours, so back then I suppose I felt the need to pick on something a bit more corporeal. They actually suit you fine. And all those jokes I made comparing you to Lucifer, king of the damned, that was just me being a jackass. Youâre actually the opposite of devilish, Spock. Youâve done a lot of good with your life.Â
    You know, when we were much younger men, I never would have pinned you for being the diplomatic type, but now, seeing you like this, reading about you, listening to the stories people tell me⌠I hope you donât take this the wrong way, Spock, I donât mean to patronize you, but⌠I am so damned proud of you. And I want you to know that Jim would have said the same thing. In different words, probably; out of the two of us, he was always the more eloquent.Â
    Iâve been thinking about Jim more and more, lately.Â
   I wonât bore you with my thoughts about what I expect the afterlife must be like, or if there even is such a thing, but I will skip to the part where I remember that you never did give me your insights on death, all those years ago. You said then it was because I wouldnât have any way to understand it, I wouldnât have a frame of reference. Well, you were right, I wonât argue that.Â
    Thatâs the whole point of dying, right? That you donât know what happens, so youâd better make sure to do everything you need to before you go, just in case itâs the last chance you have?Â
    That being said, I suppose Iâd better get on with this letter. Tell you the things I wanted to tell you.Â
    Youâd think it wouldnât be so hard, writing it down like this. Hell, I havenât seen you for twelve years â youâd think the time between us would give me some sort of, I donât know, sense of detachment thatâd make this easier. But thatâs never been the case with you. I suppose thatâs something I wanted to say â no matter where you ran off to, and for no matter how long, I always felt the connection weâd made. Maybe itâs because you once gave me your immortal soul to carry in my mind.
    Why is it that your mother tongue undoubtedly has some neat little word that perfectly describes what our relationship is and was, while I have to sound like a fool trying to piece together something in Standard that isnât too much or too little? You are my friend, Spock, youâve been my friend for years. Iâm also a friend to many others, and thatâs the thing of it. You were never just like all the rest. You are more than that, to me. Always have been. I hope you know this, Spock. I hope with all the time Iâve had with you over the years, you know that behind all the bickering is someone who cares for you. Is glad to have known you. Wants to see you again.Â
    Well. This letterâs gotten long enough, hasnât it? âBrevity is the soul of wit,â as it were?Â
    Take care of yourself, Spock. If you can find the time, Iâd love to have a chat with you, hear about what youâre doing these days. You know where to reach me.Â
       Yours, Leonard.Â











