Year of the Boar, Ninth Month, Day 14.

I have much to impart and very little time so I fear that a great deal of what has occurred these few days past will go unrecorded. Yuika looks terrible. It is true that Nanami had told me that Yuika ailed but the reality of that was far worse than I had imagined once I was close enough to see her properly. Her hair is lank and appears as if it has been bleached in some way; once the colour of a raven's wing with a similar glossy sheen, it is now a pale imitation and looks brown rather than black. Her skin is ravaged and sallow and her bones are clearly visible though she wears a ridiculous amount of clothing. The shock of her appearance in general was nothing compared to what I saw in her eyes when we spoke briefly; nothing. They are hollow, completely devoid of any kind of life. It seems that she barely remembers who I am and I was unsure how to proceed after everything I have been through to find her, it was unpleasant to realise that I am less than insignificant to her. I asked for Dying Crane's hospitality which she granted and so until I have had a chance to think and to speak at length with Nanami, I shall leave it at that. We expect to arrive on Dying Crane's Lands within the next few days.