I reasoned that it could mean that there was some sort of secret in the caves of the Alph, that had to do with some sort of medicinal potion that could give you immortality.

I hypothesize that many of the alliterations towards the philosopher's stone in early alchemy lead to this.

They said it would be cold. It’s too cold. I maybe have three to four hours of daylight left, after that, I don’t know what will happen to me, or this journal.