Moreau's journal

12 September 1121
I’ve received confirmation Jerome has arrived and is staying at Fort Ussar. I am so giddy with anticipation I cannot continue my work. Yet I must try to calm myself and see through my plan.

13 September 1121
He arrived quite unexpectedly, right after dusk! He has changed a great deal – he is thin, wiry, all covered in scars. He was, of course, furious I brought him here under false pretexts, but what choice did I have? One day he will be a father himself and then he will understand what drives me.

I opened a portal in my study and brought Jerome to my lab. In doing so I exhausted my activation crystal, but luckily I have a spare. I gave the lad some time to think things over, for I’d rather do all this with his willing participation. Meanwhile I shall prepare the apparatus.