13th Rekindling, 9048

They still believe in me after everything. How could I have been so mired in my own misery that I could ignore that? My friends see me as valuable. I don't even remember the Marauders saying that to me. I haven't heard a thing like that since Heart's Whisper, and most of the time those drunk nobles would say anything after a session. Throden and Walker made it clear I had an unhealthy relationship with how I wanted to help them, and even said they'd be willing to help me clear out the Shrine back in the Hickerwick. I can't believe I have people who actually care enough about me to do something like that. Peace with them and all their days, bless them.
We talked parents and siblings and all sorts of parts of our past, and it got me thinking... maybe Gwold had a family. It's possible I'm not the last true Slatescar. If they were really lucky, maybe they understood what I was trying to tell them and got out of the failing mining business before it killed them all. I didn't mean to yell and accuse back then, but they never understood the real me, and I loved my brother Hunvid as much as anyone else and was distraught at his loss. I wish I could go back and tell them I miss them. We had our differences, but if we had just talked it out I know we could have been a more functional family.
I'm grateful to have at least found another one.