Cause of death: Unknown (Most likely died of old age)

"Dear grandchildren, and great-grandchildren, and great-great-grandchildren, and all the many great-grandchildren to come. How funny it feels to know you so well when there are so many of you I'm never going to meet. I see you all the time, especially when I'm just on the edge of falling asleep. The future is so clear, suddenly, now that I won't be able to change anything. My time is almost up, and yours is just beginning. I won't be able to control anything after this. I won't be able to use my visions to protect you, to keep you all safe. But then, one thing I've learned over my long, strange, lovely life is that I never could actually control the future as much as I thought I could. I should have learned that lesson with my first love, back home in Pyrrhia. But I kept trying anyway. And I did manage to keep you all alive. I battled for the future that much, and I won. But the futures will always win in the end, because it continues on forever, to where I cannot go. So this is my last battle. The last thing I can do to try and keep my claws on the balance of the future — to keep you safe as long as I can. In this book are my visions of what is yet to come. Some of it seems small, but I have included everything, even if I can't tell you why it's important. I leave you this in the hope that it will make life better for both our tribes. I hope you will use it to protect the dragons around you, especially the ones who are the most threatened, regardless of who they are and how you think you feel about them. There are some hard times ahead, as there always are, everywhere and for everyone. I'm sorry I won't be here to help you rebuild after the earthquake. I hope I've written down enough advice to help you through the famine. But most of what I see is joy. Your futures are full of joy. What a miracle it is to be a dragon, alive right now and part of this wonderful world. Do you never stop to think about that? About what an odd and lucky thing it is to be this soul inside this body. To live in a world with so many marvels in it. I am so grateful to have known and loved you all. All the hurricanes and earthquakes and fires and storms cannot break you, if you remember a few things. We are here to live with our whole hearts. Lean into your kindness and empathy in the face of evil — but do not let evil win. You are the only dragon who can decide who you want to be. Don't let yourself get stuck on someone else's path. Search for what's true, and think for yourself. Over a hundred years ago, I thought my life was finished and there was nothing left to live for. I was so, so wrong. Keep going. The list of things to live for is limitless and it is possible to be happy again. And — this is going to sound ridiculous coming from me — don't worry about the future so much. Or else you might miss out on the extraordinary present. Be happy, dragonets of the future. You can change the world with your joy and your hope. All my love, Clearsight."
The Lost Continent, page 282 - 284

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