My Precious Beneficence, I must start this letter by saying how sorry I am that I was not there to watch you grow. I pained me greatly to leave you. I know your father did not understand the full reasons that I made the decision that I did. I want you to know that you were not the reason I left. Leaving you was and will ever be my biggest regret. I hope that you are finding your new home at Castle Refuge pleasing. I myself was excited to hear that you found your way there and friends among the Irregulars. I will not wear a cloak of pretense any longer with you. I must tell you it is your new association with the Irregulars of Refuge that I am now reaching out to you. I know that you may reject this letter for your anger towards me, but I must still ask a favor from you. I have been part of a growing number of other Psi-Stalkers in Canada who have discovered a great secret danger rising in this wilderness. I cannot reveal all, but I can tell you that our very world is in danger. The coming of the Rifts was only the very beginning. There is a great threat that is using these Rifts to feed off our planet and further ripe it asunder. My sweet darling, Beneficence, I need your help! I am working with a Cyber Knight—correction, I worked with the Cyber-Knight Sir Tolem Rah— for he is now dead—He once lived at Castle Refuge and store a great artifact in the secret catacombs below the castle. He entrusted me with this knowledge. Yet, I knew that they would never let a Psi-Stalker, with a reputation as I have enter that place. Oh how my heart leapt to learn that you now reside there. How times have changed, my own daughter a psi-stalker such as I excepted there in that place! It is exciting. Beneficence, please aid me. I need you and the Irregulars to retrieve this artifact and bring it to Canada. The world depends on the safety of that artifact coming to Canada. Your Mother Always,
Claire Benoite-MacArawn
