Lore:Log 07: Spies

It seems it's been quite some time since my last entry. A welcome bit of exercise today; a United Colonies spy snuck inside the embassy.

Just before dawn, as I finished my morning prayers, I heard an odd thrum. At first, I presumed my hearing was finally giving out, but then I realized what it was - it was the elevator, descending.

Presuming uninvited guests could mean only bad things, I snuck upstairs and hid among the branches of the Venom Tree.

I watched, like a gargoyle perched on a parapet, as the young man stalked cautiously through the branches of the tree I'd spent so much time cultivating, obviously scared beyond his wits. At one point an errant branch snapped as he passed, and I swear the boy leapt a foot into the air before realizing it's source benign. I was shocked that the mere idea of House Va'ruun could still garner such fear, even this long after the end of the Serpent's Crusade. It would have been amusing if it wasn't such a clear reminder of the failure of my own endeavor.

We evaded each other like this for the better part of two hours. It was a welcome distraction from a life now steeped in routine. He eventually gave up. returned to the elevator, and I to my meditations.

As I think on it, now, however, the purpose of the visit is exceedingly disappointing. This was no diplomat. No neighborly knock on the door. This was a spy. Someone breaking into somewhere a normal soul couldn't.

They think me dead, don't they?