[...it's too smudged to have been picked up by the journal's automatic translator, but Ion can still recognize those characters. He almost answers-- and then he hears the voice. It may have been weak, but it was still unmistakably Van. And he sounded hurt. Despite everything Van's caused on Auldrant, it wasn't as though Ion was going to just ignore a person who was in pain.]
It's been the new year for about a week now... [And despite having more or less surmised an answer--] Are you all right?
[Voice]
It's been the new year for about a week now... [And despite having more or less surmised an answer--] Are you all right?