Ellie

If you're reading this, then I'm dead. You'll already know this from whatever debriefing they made you sit through, but there are things I need to say that I haven't said in person, or need to say again.

Firstly, I don't regret doing what I do. Knowing you, I know you're going to be somehow blaming yourself for my death. However this happened, it's not your fault. I know that you will have done everything you could have for me. In the event I died to save you, I definitely don't regret that. I like this job, and I loved working on it with you, and I've always known that this might be the price that would be paid for that.

I'm going to have to ask you to deliver the news to my family. I don't feel like I have a lot that I want to say to them in a letter, and you've always been better with them than I have. I'm sorry to ask this of you, but I feel comforted in knowing you're there for them when they need it.

I've left everything to you in my will. Which admittedly isn't much, but I want you to have it anyway. I trust you'll find something good to do with it. You'll also find my funeral instructions with the will. Rest assured, I made sure there's a little something in the playlist just for you.

Most importantly, you deserve to know the truth about who you are. You're going to need to read the files on the project I was working on immediately before I met you. Of all the things I'm sorry for, I'm sorry I won't be there for you when you figure it out. You may have noticed I've been selective with the projects we work on, and have vetoed some projects that would otherwise be safe for most people. This will tell you why. I trust that you'll be able to come to terms with it, and understand that your origins do not make you any less of a person to me, or to anyone else.

I love you Ellie. I always have.

~ Dr. Horatio Gifts