Dear Victoria,

How can I describe the feeling of being in contact with you once again after such a long period of one sided conversations.  As I write this, you should be speeding back to your studio and the full influence of the creature we both are obsessed about.  I am sorry for the worry I have caused you by my delay, but since you were out of communication range at the research station, I could not contact you upon my arrival at the Phycoduras 8, and no Louvre currier was available to personally travel with my news. I will relay to you in a more detailed letter the cause of my delay,  although I myself are still unclear about what occurred during those lost months. I have been informed it had to do with stasis complications, but I doubt this conclusion.  Multiple theories about what occurred and why have been swimming around in my head, but I want to sort them out myself first before trying to explain them to you. I also want to utilize a more secure communication system.  Even with the encryption here on the station, I do not feel safe to share my concerns.  Even a trip in person may be warranted to discuss this information, so I may wait until I have a natural break in my work before arranging a trip planet side. I am allowed two planetary visits during the duration of the project.  I think this reason warrants one of those precious commodities. It will also allow us to be together after our long absence and that is a welcoming thought to get me through the next year.  I was planning to make my first visit two years into the project, but I may use an opportunity to escalate the timeline thanks to professor Simona’s project.  I will inform you as soon as I know more.

My sincere apologies for the cryptic conversation to start our first real contact in three years.  I myself am not sure what has happened to me and what results will come from it.  Let us just say it is all about time and how we perceive it.

Love Annalis.