It is now my favorite month on your layer, the month of "October," and it's thematically appropriate considering what I write. May this October treat you well...

I have adjusted my schedule. For many years did I remain in the upper demesne long into the night. I think my reluctance to descend to the lower is one of the reasons why it would at times reject me. It is as if the upper and lower demesnes are at odds, so, when I stayed in the upper, it did not want to loosen its hold and the lower was envious that I should forsake it.

Even with my schedule adjustments, I believe there will still be nights on which the lower demesne will reject me. As I've written previously, the nameless man, or Liege perhaps, of the lower is resentful that I do not stay with him. Neither of us understand why I must alternate between the two demesnes. All I know is that it is linked to my continued survival. To describe it using your terms, I must "sleep."

Furthermore, I have altered my filing system. You see, in my study, there is a terminal. It has many buttons and keys. The word "computer," borrowed from your layer, is the closest to describing what it is, and it is what allows me to write. When I sit at this terminal, a bright light opens on it and I am able to gaze above as well as below. I receive influences from both directions; that is how I write. And when I write, collections of glowing words are stored within the light of the terminal. Those collections are what I refer to as files and I can change their order, contents, and names.

I was formerly relying on a linear filing system. Yet, I am seeing many overlapping categories on the layers below. Thus, it was necessary to create a dynamic system. I have settled on using the file title as a way to group like topics together.

There is much to write.

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By Adaline Guerra