24th August 1883

Needless to say, the Limbic Key continues to elude me. I strongly suspect it is a fiction. The Orderare pursuing a chimera – the sense of destiny has not departed, however. On the contrary, I was meant to be here, irrespective of the motives of those who sent me. Other forces were at work. I have been chosen since the beginning of time. Curse this blasphemous fate.

C. Curtis