Hmm, has it really been so long since I've written here? A lot has happened, but it feels ... extraneous? redundant? to go into detail here. Still, I suppose I owe it to those whom I've been out of contact with for much too long.

I've been holding fast to my decision to get away from the World that Never Was, as much as it still feels like a home to me.. well, a different me. However, in this effort of leaving, I have discovered that there are many important things I'm lacking as well as too many lingering unfortunates that have made this... difficult; uncomfortable. As hard as I try to leave my past behind me, I haven't truly considered until recently that it will never really be gone.
I am distrusted at best and the target of well deserved resentment at worst by those who've been the victims of that past. I can feel regret for this, but ... it's difficult to explain in these new terms. We weren't doing what we thought was 'right', as it wasn't a concept we had, but we did what we had to. I've gotten off track.

My attempts to relocate to another world have been tricky, as I said, but I was thankfully able to locate a few people who were willing to offer me an amount of trust. I feel gratitude and I can only hope I will be able to uphold that. I've been given an apprenticeship at an accessory shop in Traverse Town and while I was never as skilled as Lexaeus (what's happened to him anyway?) I apparently made enough of an impression upon the owner, Leonardo, that he's offered me a spot. I've been there for over two weeks now.
In the past couple of days I've also been speaking with a woman by the name of Fleur who owns a building in the neighboring district. Apparently she's friends with the shop owner's wife, Stella, and she's willing to vouch for me so I can live on world instead of having to travel back and forth every day. I should have that finalized in the next few days.

There are still many things I know I will still have to overcome in the future, but for now, I can allow myself to believe, at least for a little while, that things will be alright.