Stained Journal
The text of this AION 2 lore note, as the global client gives it in English. No quest step asks you to read it, so it is only found in the world.

Damn it, I... never thought it'd turn out like this...
No medicine works.
There's only one option left.
If I stay, I'll be captured as a Karas and locked away. I'll die for sure.
Our Hugo Mercenaries were finally making a name for ourselves...
I can't let it end like this. Without me, everything we built will collapse.
I can't tell Derk, either.
He's a good man, there's no doubt he'd choose me over the company.
But that's not the future I want.
Right, losing one eye is better than dying.
If I can just get inside the Bulwark, I just know they'll have a way to fix this.