[Dezel isn't leaving this message because he has a bunch of personal stuff he needs to get out. He isn't doing it to make himself feel better. He's doing this purely because there's a good chance Mikleo will come back-- Dezel himself is proof of that-- and he doesn't want his water seraph friend to feel completely, unutterably alone.]

... Hey.

[He pauses again. The static of silence is punctuated occasionally by nature noises. He still has that damn box Sorey got him months and months ago.]

If you can hear this, you're alive.

If you're anything like me, you'll be confused, out of it, probably irritated. Everyone's going to dogpile you when they find out. You'll hate it. You'll probably say some stuff you'll regret later. Just give yourself some time before you talk to them, and take it one day at a time.

It's going to suck at first. It'll still suck sometimes. That's just how it is when you're dead and then you're alive.

And if you don't come back--

[He makes a 'tch' noise, as if the idea itself is impossible to comprehend.]

Well, I'll see you later, won't I?

[That's where he ends the message.]