The 17th Day of the 10th Moon
I finally decided to confess to Franklin where I had been. He came into the library to talk to Akma, but before he left I made myself known to him. He was not happy. He attempted to be understanding when I explained why I had hidden from him, but it was not that successful.
Apparently, after I vanished he feared that I was captured or even killed by Alan’s followers. I do not know why I would be of interest to Alan, but Franklin swears the attack on our way here could not have been coincidental. He said that if it were not an intentional target, they would not have worn their badges. Apparently, in order to be a guard he had to study some of this. Akma verified that he had at least heard of similar practices. Franklin had kept me locked in the room because he feared the elven ambassadors were up to no good. I now fear for everyone, because according to him, elves do not have ambassadors, rather the royalty themselves are the ambassadors. Akma acknowledged he had heard rumors of it being so when he associated with dwarves, he just took the rumors lightly as the dwarves do not always get along well with the elves. If there are no ambassadors, and those were not royalty…what were they?
