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The following letters are hand-written on fancy white paper in Count Dooku's formal, flowing script, delivered to the recipients two weeks after the Count is Ported out for good.
Anakin Skywalker
If you have received this, I have been condemned back to our universe by the Porter, to meet my fate at your hands. I am sure this pleases you. But I have also been pleased to have made the acquaintance of your fascinating grandson in my time here. Our discussions and learning together have been most productive. He has long been in need of someone with wisdom he can confide in. It is a role I have been quite happy to fill.
You, he, and I are all forever marked by our choices. Once the Dark Side has taken hold of you, it is too late to return to your previous self. You will know this in time, as I have known for many years. Deep down, you will always be Darth Vader. May the knowledge haunt you, Skywalker.
--
Archie
[There's no letter, but a signed DVD copy of Dooku's 'Secrets of the Sea Lions' NBSea documentary that the Count narrated for and that Archie helped film will be sent to his home after the Count's Port-out. The meaning behind this gift remains enigmatic.]
--
General Grievous
This letter means that I am gone, perhaps for good. What will you do now, I wonder? Are you even capable of having a life for yourself that is not determined by hatred and vengeance? I doubt it. I only regret that I will not be present to see my expectations confirmed, or to witness the long empty void that lies in front of you. The hollowness of your resentment will consume you entirely, Grievous, and leave you with what you have truly always had: nothing.
--
Hans Gruber
I am afraid this is farewell, Mister Gruber, unless this letter has somehow been sent in error by those fools in the government. You know better than most how little they can be relied upon.
It has been my pleasure to have made your acquaintance. I thank you for your past aid, and wish you security and success in whatever endeavours you embark upon next. I know that a man of your intelligence and culture has great accomplishments around him.
A final piece of advice: be on your guard around Hux. He is a fool, but too ambitious to know his limitations. This makes him dangerous if he thinks you may cross him. If the opportunity should arise for you to destroy him, do not hesitate.
--
Jonathan Crane
If you are receiving this letter, dear Doctor, then I am now permanently unable to repay you for the services you have provided me. Our talks together were always most insightful and stimulating, a ray of enlightenment on this dark and primitive world. I learned much from your perspective, and thank you for what you have shared with me.
There was a time when I did not comprehend why you would not join the Constellation. Now, I believe I understand. May you continue to walk your own path as you see fit, without the meddling and restrictions of lesser minds.
--
Joseph Kavinsky
[There is no physical letter. There is, however, an audio file sent to Kavinsky's communicator of Dooku recording himself saying a single word. The word is 'pineapples.' The e-note attached to the file reads:]
Despite your numerous idiosyncracies, you never turned on me. In fact, you served me more faithfully than almost any member of the Constellation. This small gift is all the thanks I can leave behind.
I will no longer be able to provide you with a purpose and direction to strive towards. You must find your own. But your powers are vast, and your potential is great. Choose your path for yourself, and let nothing stand in your way.
--
Ken Kaneki
I have taught you many things, Kaneki, but now the Porter has permanently sent me away, and I must be content with leaving behind one final lesson. You call yourself a King, but hesitate to destroy your human enemies. Yet to be a King is to rule, and to rule is to strike down those who would oppose your will.
So long as you hold yourself back, you and those you seek to protect will be left vulnerable. You are a monster who feeds upon humanity: embrace your true nature and wipe out the OTO and all other humans who dare challenge you. Only then will you and your loved ones know security.
--
Kylo Ren
If you are receiving this, Fate has come for me at last. Perhaps I will return, perhaps I will not. I can only hope that what I have passed on to you will be put to good use. Remember what you have learned and always hold on to the conviction within you. It is the source of your strength.
Do not trust the Jedi.
--
Lester
To a devoted fan who once risked much for the sake of art.
-Attached to the requisite legal documentation passing on the rights to Countdown's music to Lester.
--
Raina
My dear friend,
Your receipt of this letter means that the moment we have both dreaded has finally come. The Porter has tired of toying with me or has decided to finally eliminate the threat I pose to its power, and I have been hurled back into the abyss that waits for us both. You must carry on now without me, yet I have no fear for your own future. I have known since we first met that you were an exceptional being, Raina. Your charm, brilliance and resolve are all unquestionable, and I see great victories in your future.
It has been my pleasure and privilege to know you these past years. I thank you once more and for the last time for the gift of your acquaintance and alliance. May you avoid my fate for more years to come, and may all who defy you fall before your power.
--
Tohru Adachi
If there is one thing I ever say to you that you take heed of without any foolish attempts at wit, let it be this: so long as you deny the darkness within you, you shall never reach your true potential. I hope that one day you cease to limit yourself, and become what I have always known you to be.
--
Each letter is signed with utmost formality in that same flowing hand:
Yours most sincerely,
Count Dooku
Anakin Skywalker
If you have received this, I have been condemned back to our universe by the Porter, to meet my fate at your hands. I am sure this pleases you. But I have also been pleased to have made the acquaintance of your fascinating grandson in my time here. Our discussions and learning together have been most productive. He has long been in need of someone with wisdom he can confide in. It is a role I have been quite happy to fill.
You, he, and I are all forever marked by our choices. Once the Dark Side has taken hold of you, it is too late to return to your previous self. You will know this in time, as I have known for many years. Deep down, you will always be Darth Vader. May the knowledge haunt you, Skywalker.
--
Archie
[There's no letter, but a signed DVD copy of Dooku's 'Secrets of the Sea Lions' NBSea documentary that the Count narrated for and that Archie helped film will be sent to his home after the Count's Port-out. The meaning behind this gift remains enigmatic.]
--
General Grievous
This letter means that I am gone, perhaps for good. What will you do now, I wonder? Are you even capable of having a life for yourself that is not determined by hatred and vengeance? I doubt it. I only regret that I will not be present to see my expectations confirmed, or to witness the long empty void that lies in front of you. The hollowness of your resentment will consume you entirely, Grievous, and leave you with what you have truly always had: nothing.
--
Hans Gruber
I am afraid this is farewell, Mister Gruber, unless this letter has somehow been sent in error by those fools in the government. You know better than most how little they can be relied upon.
It has been my pleasure to have made your acquaintance. I thank you for your past aid, and wish you security and success in whatever endeavours you embark upon next. I know that a man of your intelligence and culture has great accomplishments around him.
A final piece of advice: be on your guard around Hux. He is a fool, but too ambitious to know his limitations. This makes him dangerous if he thinks you may cross him. If the opportunity should arise for you to destroy him, do not hesitate.
--
Jonathan Crane
If you are receiving this letter, dear Doctor, then I am now permanently unable to repay you for the services you have provided me. Our talks together were always most insightful and stimulating, a ray of enlightenment on this dark and primitive world. I learned much from your perspective, and thank you for what you have shared with me.
There was a time when I did not comprehend why you would not join the Constellation. Now, I believe I understand. May you continue to walk your own path as you see fit, without the meddling and restrictions of lesser minds.
--
Joseph Kavinsky
[There is no physical letter. There is, however, an audio file sent to Kavinsky's communicator of Dooku recording himself saying a single word. The word is 'pineapples.' The e-note attached to the file reads:]
Despite your numerous idiosyncracies, you never turned on me. In fact, you served me more faithfully than almost any member of the Constellation. This small gift is all the thanks I can leave behind.
I will no longer be able to provide you with a purpose and direction to strive towards. You must find your own. But your powers are vast, and your potential is great. Choose your path for yourself, and let nothing stand in your way.
--
Ken Kaneki
I have taught you many things, Kaneki, but now the Porter has permanently sent me away, and I must be content with leaving behind one final lesson. You call yourself a King, but hesitate to destroy your human enemies. Yet to be a King is to rule, and to rule is to strike down those who would oppose your will.
So long as you hold yourself back, you and those you seek to protect will be left vulnerable. You are a monster who feeds upon humanity: embrace your true nature and wipe out the OTO and all other humans who dare challenge you. Only then will you and your loved ones know security.
--
Kylo Ren
If you are receiving this, Fate has come for me at last. Perhaps I will return, perhaps I will not. I can only hope that what I have passed on to you will be put to good use. Remember what you have learned and always hold on to the conviction within you. It is the source of your strength.
Do not trust the Jedi.
--
Lester
To a devoted fan who once risked much for the sake of art.
-Attached to the requisite legal documentation passing on the rights to Countdown's music to Lester.
--
Raina
My dear friend,
Your receipt of this letter means that the moment we have both dreaded has finally come. The Porter has tired of toying with me or has decided to finally eliminate the threat I pose to its power, and I have been hurled back into the abyss that waits for us both. You must carry on now without me, yet I have no fear for your own future. I have known since we first met that you were an exceptional being, Raina. Your charm, brilliance and resolve are all unquestionable, and I see great victories in your future.
It has been my pleasure and privilege to know you these past years. I thank you once more and for the last time for the gift of your acquaintance and alliance. May you avoid my fate for more years to come, and may all who defy you fall before your power.
--
Tohru Adachi
If there is one thing I ever say to you that you take heed of without any foolish attempts at wit, let it be this: so long as you deny the darkness within you, you shall never reach your true potential. I hope that one day you cease to limit yourself, and become what I have always known you to be.
--
Each letter is signed with utmost formality in that same flowing hand:
Yours most sincerely,
Count Dooku
