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There was a man outside the gates of my Mistresses Estate last night. He looked old and haggared and mean. I stopped there and knelt before him and asked him if there was anything I could do for him and he just looked down at me for several moments and called me by name. The man happened to be Master Aiden... the first man that owned me after I was taken in the raid so many years ago. He obviously was not born to someone who was stablized and he himself did not ever receive the serums because he was very old. He told me it was because of Thassa. I think he was just making excuses. I asked him why he had come there and he said he had a dream, and wanted to see me before he died.. to make sure I had faired well in my bondage. I was his first slave way back in the day... We had taught eachother alot about love and forgiveness. I wonder sometimes if he would not of given me away so long ago if I would still be his. He said he had to be rid of me because loving me made him weak. I hate that... but it was true... towards the end of his ownership of me we were both softened and weakened by love. Some day perhaps we will be able to talk about it without bitterness. Once he realized I was alive and Okay... he left.. without saying anything except... " be well slave.. and serve well " I do not think he will be alive much longer and for that... I am sad.. I wish Master Khadim and Mistress Lyrana would come home... I miss them like crazy.