don't think I was always as you know me. I don't know what I was; I know only that I am happier with you than without you. You alone are what make my days worth living. I consider you my very greatest friend. I consider you more than a friend in some ways. You are sister to me. And pupil. And
And here he was at a loss. Could he really admit it? Could he really allow her to read any of this?
And lover, though I never knew you the way I have longed to.
You have no idea how hard it is to write the truth after so long.
Saure
I love you. I have always loved you. I fell in love with you that first night you tended to my wounds and stayed with me, though I tried so vehemently to drive you away. I knew you would think it wrong. We share not even the same species. That is a wall too impregnable to ever scale. My love must remain always unrequited, and that is why I must leave you
Here he stopped, dropping the quill and taking his great head in his paws. He sobbed a breath.
He had not known until he had written it that this was the only answer.
