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Dear Anonymous,

I was ten years old. Just a little girl back then, having fun in my favorite park.

- Lynne

Dear logicallink,

I’m “mean”?

How about that no-good future Inspector, who refused to so much as listen to me when I said I was innocent and tried to force me to confess to something I had no knowledge of?! Or that detective who chased me down in that park and even pointed his gun at me, even though I was an innocent man who was only trying to escape a miscarriage of justice?

Maybe you think making people pay for their wrongs is “mean”, but I’m entirely justified in what I’m doing. They all killed me and they deserve what they get.

- Yomiel

Dear Greets,

Yeah, I never did much painting before I went into prison and my first few attempts weren’t really all that great… but with practice, I improved quite a bit. Had ten years to get good at it and not much else to do.

- Yomiel

Dear Anonymous,

Bringing back Sissel instead of preventing my death in the park? How in the world is that any better? I would still be dead and I know Sissel much prefers me to be alive - she killed herself to join me after all. We’re much better off like this with the both of us living. Besides, those injuries I received were far, far preferable to the alternative.

- Yomiel

Dear Anonymous,

Hmm, yes. I think it is.

- Yomiel

Dear askvalleygibb,

Eh? I’m not sure what gave you any impression to the contrary, but no. It’s impossible for me to be able to have children using my own body. At least I’m pretty sure it is.

- Yomiel

Dear scottofnorth,

Uh… no? It looks like Lynne is good at remembering to feed him so I don’t have to be concerned with filling his stomach for him, and anyway, I’m not sure he’s supposed to eat them… if he was, wouldn’t Lynne have given him a donut or two? I’ve never seen her give him one no matter how much he gives her those begging looks. It’s probably better not to give him one in that case… you don’t mess with Lynne and her food unless it’s really necessary.

I don’t know what you mean by torturing him… he doesn’t seem to mind getting hit by doors that much.

- Sissel

Dear Anonymous,

From one of those places where you walk in, find something you want and hand someone your money for it.

Yes, I think they are cool too.

- Yomiel

Dear Anonymous,

Well, should I happen to have them for some reason, I doubt it would be for long - I would expect Sissel to bring me back to life eventually.

It would be easy to say I’d go out there, try my powers out on criminals and save people just like I do in real life but… that would all be undone once Sissel brought me back to life, so there would be very little point. Still, how could I resist trying out my brand new powers at least once? Might be fun.

Information gathering could be useful, since my memories would remain, but even that has its limits - I couldn’t find out who’s behind the murders on a current case, come back to life and go arrest them on the basis of “I just know they did it”. That’s bound to make me look suspicious. I spent five years being very careful about avoiding it.

In the end, it’s just going to be a bit of entertainment, I guess. I’m not going to consider the possibility that I get to keep them.

We’re all doing fine, thank you.

- Jowd

Dear Anonymous,

Thank you.

I suppose it was quite painful when I died - I do remember that brief instant of pain the very second the meteorite hit me but it was over so quickly that I never had any time to even think about, and once I’d woken up, I wasn’t even capable of feeling pain anymore. Seeing as I was barely in pain for a second, I suppose it could still be considered painless.

I’ll pass on your regards. We’re certainly hoping for a wonderful life from now on. Fingers crossed.

- Yomiel