Lucius's eyes remained fixed on the last sentences of the diary, deeply absorbed in thought as he envisioned the Leviathan attacking the ship, causing it to sink, and claiming the lives of the prisoners and everyone else.
He imagined Vale Blackwood writing in the captain's cabin, waiting to die as the massive creature gave him time to record his final words.
In the final moments, he managed to store his most important items, which Lucius would discover many years later in that silver chest.
''Talking Diary... Not a bad name,'' Lucius muttered as he reached the end, agreeing with Jeni's name-calling.
While the diary never spoke to Vale Blackwood, being an inanimate object, it communicated with him and Jeni, transmitting his adventures, grief, happiness, emotions, and loneliness in this world until the final hours when he protected them.
