From GoForth

Clue 3 Letters

Kyle received these letters as part of the Clue 3 pickup in South Carolina. They also contained a cipher on the back of the letter.

Content

Mysterious campfire on the shore. And then another, later, peering at me through the trees.

As seen from the sea, they seem like beacons coming not against shore or hazard but another signaling a secret kinship for though I know nothing of those who gather at these fires or their circumstances, I confess their lights give me some strange measure of comfort.

I do not understand at this early stage what my leaving is about. I recognize that it may well be a kind of young man’s folly. It feels as if a spell has been cast over me, and I operate as another with whom I am barely acquainted. And then fear strikes, and a sharp pang of loss. And the asking- when will I see again these I leave behind?

But the fear subsides, as it has before. And in this air and openness, I am again content. And that contentment is enough for me.

It feels suddenly odd even to write words, like they have no place in this night.

Enough then.