Dear Viktor,
I write this letter not to beg for your forgiveness, but to set your heart at ease.
No later than the moment I finish penning this letter and leaving it for your eyes alone, I will be packing my things and departing my studies here at the Church.
Pay no heed to the rumors that are certain to spread in my absence; I remain your brother and Christ remains always in my heart.
In truth, it is for that very reason that I make my departure.
We have all heard the stories of the fantastic and unknowable things arising from the Zone.
Admittedly, I have always felt a calling towards that place, even before these phenomena. My father, God rest his soul, had his every waking moment swallowed by that place. He told us nothing of his work there. I suppose I always figured it was related to clean-up efforts, although now I must express a deep uncertainty.
The stories I hear from this Zone: A land ungoverned by man's laws, filled with acts and objects that defy all earthly reason?
Vitya, in all but name these things are miracles. How can I call myself a child of God if I do not at least make an earnest effort to witness his works?
If the Zone is the second coming of Christ, could you really hold me at fault for wishing to attend?
I know you, of all people, must at least understand.
Keep me in your prayers. I trust myself now fully and completely into the hands of our Father.
-Semyon
I write this letter not to beg for your forgiveness, but to set your heart at ease.
No later than the moment I finish penning this letter and leaving it for your eyes alone, I will be packing my things and departing my studies here at the Church.
Pay no heed to the rumors that are certain to spread in my absence; I remain your brother and Christ remains always in my heart.
In truth, it is for that very reason that I make my departure.
We have all heard the stories of the fantastic and unknowable things arising from the Zone.
Admittedly, I have always felt a calling towards that place, even before these phenomena. My father, God rest his soul, had his every waking moment swallowed by that place. He told us nothing of his work there. I suppose I always figured it was related to clean-up efforts, although now I must express a deep uncertainty.
The stories I hear from this Zone: A land ungoverned by man's laws, filled with acts and objects that defy all earthly reason?
Vitya, in all but name these things are miracles. How can I call myself a child of God if I do not at least make an earnest effort to witness his works?
If the Zone is the second coming of Christ, could you really hold me at fault for wishing to attend?
I know you, of all people, must at least understand.
Keep me in your prayers. I trust myself now fully and completely into the hands of our Father.
-Semyon
