{COUGH, COUGH. HACK.} I am alive.

Ven you haff lived as long as I, an absence of but a few months is nozink. SCREEKEE!

Vith zis...BEAST...avakened. I haff corrected my only failure. Good.

I am havink some...concerns vith our newest ally.

Surely zere is enough uv our pover in him to keep him on ze "leash", but...it vill haff to be forcibly, I zink. SCREE!

SCREKEEEYAAAAA!! ....Ahem.

Zinks haff been quiet vunce more. Our ally seems to haff gone off by himself. Hopefully a retrieval vill not be necessary.

In ze meantime...ze local dreams haff been...delectable...! A shame zat vunce ze vell has run dry, ze villagers cease to vake. But zat is also my gift.

Our foes, and even zose who are amoung as are treacherous. I vill increase my own strength to match zem. SCREEKAKAKA!!

SCREEEEKEHEH{COUGH, HACK.} ...Ahem.

(Zis is how I deal vith beink stuck in ze middle uv novere for months.)

SCREEEEEEKAAAAAAK!

...I am alone. Biding my time is vut I haff become accustomed to, it seems.

vut

vut is zis

After so long, I haff concluded...zis is proving unsuccessful. Perhaps I should contact Vizzro.

Zis vould be my first failure however...ze feeling of shame is overcoming me.

Perhaps a little longer. SCREEEKEEK!

I very much enjoy vut I do. Screhehe!

I am very busy at ze moment, but you must all try to keep your dreams sweet und fresh for my consumption over zis festive season. Screhehehaha!