Diary of Adalwolf Lehrer, from the private collection of Calix Lehrer, stolen and delivered to Harold Sacha, October 2122
February 4, 2015
I still can’t believe it’s him.
He doesn’t even look human now.
February 5, 2015
Calix is out of surgery. Raphael managed to get that damn metal gag off his face, but now he’s a mess of open wounds. If he survives, he’ll have scars.
I didn’t read Raphael’s report. I don’t want to know the details of what they did to him in that place. All that matters is he’s here.
Calix reacted badly coming out of anesthesia. To be expected. Will have to talk to the men about it next meeting, must try to explain. He couldn’t help it. He was scared. Magic doesn’t behave the way you’d like when you’re scared.
G-d. He’s just a kid.
February 8, 2015
C. was sick last several days, infected central line. Doing better now. Raphael expects him to recover.
Damn kid demanded I bring him books from the stacks. Wants to read Wittgenstein.
Who the fuck is Wittgenstein.
February 10, 2015
Seriously, I thought 16-year-olds were supposed to be into comics and girly magazines, not Husserl.
Guess it’s reassuring to see C. hasn’t changed a bit.
He’s still having the nightmares. I’ve started sleeping in his room just so he isn’t alone. The way he screams sometimes makes me want to tear my own ears out. I can’t stand it.
February 11, 2015
Prep for CDC mission. Israfil and Nakir have everything in order. Will be ready by May deadline.
April 24, 2015
Calix joined us for the prep meeting. I think being around him makes the others nervous. Maybe because he’s powerful, more likely because of his face. Even I don’t like to look at it.
He sat silently in the back, though, which is good.
April 28, 2015
I take back what I said about silence.
May 2, 2015
Final preparations. Not getting much sleep, thanks to Calix.
Raphael says he needs therapy. Dunno where we’re gonna find that in NC these days. Does he think shrinks set up shop in bombed-out supermarkets and give out pills at the Shell station?
Psychiatry’s a pseudoscience anyway.
May 6, 2015
CDC tomorrow. Driving to Atlanta before dawn. I’m too recognizable, so I stay in the car. Nakir and Suriel take the new wing. Raphael first and second floor west. Gavriel first and second floor east. Michael and her team take the rest, while Azriel/Calix keeps security in line.
