James' Confession

Forgive me for I have sinned. It has been some time since my last confession.

As I wait for the Brother Battle Symbiote Cleansers to begin their work on my body I question the actions that brought me to this crossroad.

Over the past week, I have seen into eyes of God. And those same eyes have seen into me. I am changed in that viewing.

By all rights, we should be dead. Several times over. It is only thanks to luck and the grace, compassion and stupidity of others that we still live. Teddy has shown his true colours, and they are Charioteer. Sava still floats through the universe, oblivious. Shui Lin allows her duty to cloud her judgment. They are fools. And I am more the fool to companion them.

I have looked into the face of the enemy, and glimpsed it's plans. I don't yet know what these plans mean, but it is becoming clearer that my life is not my own. I am no longer a pawn, having been promoted into something else entirely.

I will mourn the death of all those that died on that Jakovian transport, Symbiote or not.