Escher Posted:

no, no, no, natalie – u know thats not 2ru. teh inetrnet mite make me popluar, btu that stuf dusnt last. wat u have is a 2ru gift, a 2ru belssin bettr than aynthin i cud evar have. an one day ull go 2 college an prevo 2 them all how smrat u rlly are an do grate thinsg 4 urself an writ lagre ur name on histry books wile no 1 remembrs who i am. if im a comet then ill just spark breifly an b gone, whil u r a shinin star that 4evr lites teh way. an if u wud just flahs som of that lite to me, i wud be 4evr grateful.

I do know that’s true. I do. All this time I’ve spent at my computer, all this time I’ve spent studying, all this time that I’ve dedicated to trying to improve myself — you’re better than I am without even trying. You’re the one that matters, here, Escher. Without college, without anything, you’re ten times better than I’ll ever be.

If my name is ever writ large in the books of history, Escher, your name will be written alongside mine as my muse, my inspiration, my . . . dare I say, sometime companion — at least as long as I have anything to do with it. I am merely the moon, Escher — my glow is only a true reflection of you, the Sun herself, the beauty of the forums, the Helen, the Aphrodite, the woman a thousand threads are written for. You.