Little Hawk:

I have thought about it long and hard, old friend, and I have made up my mind. I am leaving Orillia for good, moving to Los Angeles on a permanent basis, and getting an American passport. I am forced by Amos' insightful grandiloquence to the realization that I have NOT been good for you no matter how much you and I needed each other. Sure, we felt we were helping -- I brought some color to your drab life in the boonies, and you brought some desperately needed admiration to my collapsing esteem. But that's just another name for a codependent relation ship Little Hawk, and sooner or later it could only leads us both into deeper misery.

So, farewell. Tell Amos not to worry, I'll be fine, and I might even get down to San Diego to see him. Maybe he'll change his mind about me if he gets to talk to me in person, now that I have taken responsibility for this situation!

Thanks for everything, pal,

Bill