This is something I hope you especially never have to read, but I write it with the knowledge that it's likely. I hope you didn't have to take in the sight of me, and I hope there are those around to help you grieve. Your friendship here has been a treasure, and I will never forget it.
I hope you remember: You are not, nor have you ever been, a "weird girl." What you are is strong and wonderfully smart. I do wish you could meet Annabeth. If you have the means and Reyna is unable to, I would be honored if you deliver the letter to her, Percy, and Grover. She will always, in part, be the wild little seven-year-old I met on the streets all those years ago, but she is a dear girl to me. I know she would be honored by the comparison between the two of you.
What you are is my friend, and I am going to miss you terribly.
Fight with all you have. You are a strong girl. Never let anyone make you feel otherwise.
Your Friend and Comrade, First Lieutenant of the Hunters of Artemis ~ Thalia
[ the following is added, hastily ]
PS - I'm sorry to become yet another of your losses, but knowing what was truly at stake I could not sit by. If you could do me a favor, please watch after Reyna? We've grown close in the time here and she will have trouble with my passing. I'm sorry to ask this of you, but I think you're one of the most equipped to help her, if you understand my meaning.
BELLE
This is something I hope you especially never have to read, but I write it with the knowledge that it's likely. I hope you didn't have to take in the sight of me, and I hope there are those around to help you grieve. Your friendship here has been a treasure, and I will never forget it.
I hope you remember: You are not, nor have you ever been, a "weird girl." What you are is strong and wonderfully smart. I do wish you could meet Annabeth. If you have the means and Reyna is unable to, I would be honored if you deliver the letter to her, Percy, and Grover. She will always, in part, be the wild little seven-year-old I met on the streets all those years ago, but she is a dear girl to me. I know she would be honored by the comparison between the two of you.
What you are is my friend, and I am going to miss you terribly.
Fight with all you have. You are a strong girl. Never let anyone make you feel otherwise.
Your Friend and Comrade,
First Lieutenant of the Hunters of Artemis
~ Thalia
[ the following is added, hastily ]
PS - I'm sorry to become yet another of your losses, but knowing what was truly at stake I could not sit by. If you could do me a favor, please watch after Reyna? We've grown close in the time here and she will have trouble with my passing. I'm sorry to ask this of you, but I think you're one of the most equipped to help her, if you understand my meaning.