Chapter 39 Dio’s Journal - Entry 271
Whatever my feelings are about what happened and why Chaosta is incarcerated, it's been over a month, and we haven’t heard anything.
We’ve tried communicating with the city office, and it’s a dead end.
At this point, we’ve exhausted every other option.
When I mentioned this as a last-ditch option to the others a month ago, I meant it.
There is nothing I’d like less than needing to reach out to my brother, but none of us know what else to do about Chaosta.
I can now admit she was leading the research that was helping us make progress, since, with her gone, we’ve stalled out completely.
She’s clearly an important piece on the chessboard, and in our current circumstances, as things continue to get more and more grim, I can’t overlook how helpful it would be to have her back with us.
Besides, we all make mistakes. Months incarcerated without any actual charges doesn’t seem to be appropriate.
Of course, I made the mistake of mentioning my lawyer brother shortly after Chaosta was arrested.
The others have been pressuring me to reach out to Alexander for weeks now, but I just couldn’t make myself do so until I knew we’d exhausted every other route.
Dragging up the past isn’t something to do lightly.
Since it was clear this morning that we have no other options, I've attempted to make contact. Because he’s such an ass, and I guess I can acknowledge he’s busy, it may take a little while, but at least I’ve done what I can for now.
I think what finally decided me was learning that another of my old contacts is sick from the poison in the air.
He has always struggled with his health, but still, it feels too close to home.
I think the other guys are also feeling pressure to make progress on our magic again because of the current state of the world.
It’s as though this distasteful task we’ve given ourselves, with the cause, is becoming lighter as things continue to grow more grim.
We desperately need to get back on track with that work.
Desperately enough that I’m willing to speak with my brother.