Colson’s erratic behavior outside the vault door), severe leukopenia, vomiting, electrolyte disturbance and moderate to severe hypovolemia / hypotension. Mortality onset, within 2 to 6 weeks.) ~ (Further: Following this ominous note — which is our only written entry from Sophie during an unknown period of several days — the transcription for the second story of Silas continues immediately thereafter. Clearly, Sophie felt that it was urgent to record and honor Silas’ tales above all else, and did not expect him to live for very much longer. This is almost certainly why the upcoming “SC Chronicle” travelogue section of the diary is so uneven and sporadic, leaping from what is known as the Second Testament of the One, below, directly into what I term IV-7, a chronicle of Sophie’s and Silas’s escape and emergence from the High Shelter and into the Burning World. ~S.-G.C.) ~ “Oh, the world. Before we go, I will tell you. “It is blackest night now, sister moon is dead and the sun is become the crimson moon and he is riding high.
