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Dear CC,
I have landed.
For the past half and hour, I had been admiring Hainan. She looks better than I expected. I am tapping my right foot on the ground now. Do you think Hainan can feel me? I am here.
While at the belt, I realized the monkey on my Kipling luggage is gone. I am devastated because each series of Kipling bags has their own unique monkey, named after an employee from somewhere around the world. Now, everyone will accuse me of having a fake Kipling because there is no monkey on it. The one solution I can think of is to steal someone else’s Kipling monkey and pass it off as my own.
By the way, contrary to what you think, I am not alone.
Do you remember what happened? You have no idea, but I kept count of the number of days since it took place. It was 256 days ago, I was lost, terrified and in tears. I was holding on to everything like someone holding on with their fingernails to the side of the cliff. It would be so easy to let go, to lose my grip, to fall. But you found me, gave me your hand and offered me protection.
You had no idea what happened, but you held me lightly, giving me all the assurance, strength and power I needed to continue. Shortly after, I began to cry. I was not sad, like you thought I was. I was crying, because I had spent the last few days with a hole in my heart, and you healed it.
That night, you fell ill and got uncomfortable. I tried to reciprocate the care that you had shown me as best as I could, though I was unable to even take care of myself. I fell into a deep and fitful sleep with your hand resting on my shoulder. I had not been sleeping well for days. When you woke up, your fever was gone. You claimed I had magic and had given you the touch to recover. What you did not know was it was the other way round. You are the one with the magic, and I was the recipient of your wonders. You healed me and filled up the hole in my heart.
In the months that followed, I replayed that scene when you found me in my head so often that I remembered absolutely everything about it, down to the smallest detail.
I could have been alone then, but it does not apply to me now. I have a part of you somewhere inside me, and I am not alone.
There are three things I need to do now:
1. Inform the relevant parties that I had arrived with soul and spirit intact.
2. Seek SOS.
3. Grab some food (I spot Ajisen Noodles from here).
This is all for now.
My adventures with Hainan are starting right here, from this moment onwards.
Phy XO
