Did I expect to end my story this way? No, never. Am I glad I did? Well... somewhat. Regrets? Plenty.

But at least I have now given myself the freedom to write what I want, when I want, without feeling guilty about that one unfinished story that I promised not to leave unfinished.

Did it turn out shitty? Yeah. Yeah, pretty much.

But I hope you like it anyway.

Thank you all for reading my story until the very end, and I'm sorry this epilogue has been such a failed mission. I wish I could have kept up quality, but I stretched this sotry longer than I could and should have. Mistakes are there to learn from, I suppose.
But here it is. The very last thing I will write for the CYH & HtD universe. What a wild ride it has been!

18 January 2046

Happy birthday, brother. I still can't believe it's been over two years since we last saw each other or spoke to one another...
I can't believe you've been gone for over two years.

I really don't know what possessed me to start writing in one of your old journals. I'm sorry if I wasn't meant to. It's just... You've kept a record of so many important events in your life. I thought maybe someone should also record that which you could not.

Nation Biology is thriving. Adam retired shortly after your death, but your students have taken over splendidly. And under Arabel's lead as the current most successful Nation Biologist, I expect the field will only grow. Over the past two years, five more universities across the world have adopted Nation Biology into their curriculum as an optional course. Arabel has given lectures at each one so far.

Don't worry about Larissa. She misses you, of course, but she has people to spend her days with. Me included. And your two grandchildren, of course. Although Johnathan is busy with school lately – graduation coming up soon. How time flies, right?

I can only hope that you're with Brandenburg now, and Holy Rome and all the others. But I suppose you are. And probably watching my every move. Probably watching me as I'm writing this. And I bet you're standing there with Arabel for every lecture that she gives. Just be sure to visit me once in a while. I'd love to talk to you again. There's a lot I can tell you about our family.

It's funny though, isn't it? All those years as a nation, and still it took you until you became human to truly achieve immortality.