When they find out-...and don't pretend they won't, for that's the one comfort I'll not offer you- [A little cruel, perhaps, but...Ardyn was still Ardyn.] -make some excuse if you must, but don't be standing near Leonard when they do. He'll kill you. And I don't want this to end any worse than it already will.

[He sighed heavily, less from exasperation and more in an attempt to catch his breath that felt terribly labored now.]

And...there's letters I concealed under the bed in our room, just in case something like this happened. Will you...just make sure someone knows about them?