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Dimitri.
I trust the weather in Fhirdiad is more tolerable than this desolate icebox the late Margrave decided to maintain like a prison. The cells you ๐ด๐ฐ ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ช๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด๐ญ๐บ held me in upon my return were warmer and more comfortable than this. Why Sylvain insists on keeping this place the same as he left it is beyond me.
Spare me the insistence that I'm lying. I know you're thinking it. I yield. Don't waste paper and time otherwise.
The weather seems it may let up any day now. Once the winds die down, and the ride back to Fraldarius is less hazardous, I'll wind up my duties once I return, and before the Lone Moon concludes, I hope to return to you. I know you advised to keep any sort of unfit correspondence restricted in the case of interference, but you must know that these cold nights have been.... treacherous. A cold that aches to the bone, and no other sort of company could comfort. Sylvain has tried, trust me. And no, we remain chaste. Don't let him convince you otherwise. It's too fucking cold here, anyway. A warm bed? Ha! What a fucking Gautier myth. Maybe he should take up the offer to find warmth back at the capitol with us instead of this barren, frost bidden watchtower.
Ugh.
Distractions aren't benefitting me here, nor in this letter. Make haste with your own obligations and ensure you have a few days for my return.
Remain alive and warm, Boar. Do not neglect yourself nor dare deny me either of those.
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๐๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ป๐ฒ.
๐ ๐ฝ๐ป๐พ๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ๐ช๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฒ๐ท ๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ญ๐ฒ๐ช๐ญ ๐ฒ๐ผ ๐ถ๐ธ๐ป๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ธ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ช๐ซ๐ต๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ช๐ท ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ผ ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ผ๐ธ๐ต๐ช๐ฝ๐ฎ ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ธ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ช๐ฝ๐ฎ ๐๐ช๐ป๐ฐ๐ป๐ช๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฝ๐ธ ๐ถ๐ช๐ฒ๐ท๐ฝ๐ช๐ฒ๐ท ๐ต๐ฒ๐ด๐ฎ ๐ช ๐น๐ป๐ฒ๐ผ๐ธ๐ท. ๐ฃ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ต๐ต๐ผ ๐๐ธ๐พ ๐ผ๐ธ ๐ฐ๐ป๐ช๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ธ๐พ๐ผ๐ต๐
๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ต๐ญ ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ฒ๐ท ๐พ๐น๐ธ๐ท ๐ถ๐ ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฝ๐พ๐ป๐ท ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ ๐๐ช๐ป๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ช๐ท๐ญ ๐ถ๐ธ๐ป๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐ธ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ธ๐ป๐ฝ๐ช๐ซ๐ต๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ช๐ท ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ผ. ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ ๐ข๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ช๐ฒ๐ท ๐ฒ๐ท๐ผ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ผ ๐ธ๐ท ๐ด๐ฎ๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ผ ๐น๐ต๐ช๐ฌ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ผ๐ช๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ช๐ผ ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ฝ ๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐ฒ๐ผ ๐ซ๐ฎ๐๐ธ๐ท๐ญ ๐ถ๐ฎ.
๐ข๐น๐ช๐ป๐ฎ ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ฒ๐ท๐ผ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ท๐ฌ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฝ ๐'๐ถ ๐ต๐๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ. ๐ ๐ด๐ท๐ธ๐ ๐๐ธ๐พ'๐ป๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ท๐ด๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ ๐ฒ๐ฝ. ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ต๐ญ. ๐๐ธ๐ท'๐ฝ ๐๐ช๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฎ ๐น๐ช๐น๐ฎ๐ป ๐ช๐ท๐ญ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ธ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฎ.
๐ฃ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ๐ช๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ผ ๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐ถ๐ช๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฝ ๐พ๐น ๐ช๐ท๐ ๐ญ๐ช๐ ๐ท๐ธ๐. ๐๐ท๐ฌ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ๐ท๐ญ๐ผ ๐ญ๐ฒ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐ธ๐๐ท, ๐ช๐ท๐ญ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ญ๐ฎ ๐ซ๐ช๐ฌ๐ด ๐ฝ๐ธ ๐๐ป๐ช๐ต๐ญ๐ช๐ป๐ฒ๐พ๐ผ ๐ฒ๐ผ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ผ๐ผ ๐ฑ๐ช๐๐ช๐ป๐ญ๐ธ๐พ๐ผ, ๐'๐ต๐ต ๐๐ฒ๐ท๐ญ ๐พ๐น ๐ถ๐ ๐ญ๐พ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ผ ๐ธ๐ท๐ฌ๐ฎ ๐ ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฝ๐พ๐ป๐ท, ๐ช๐ท๐ญ ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ธ๐ป๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐๐ธ๐ท๐ฎ ๐๐ธ๐ธ๐ท ๐ฌ๐ธ๐ท๐ฌ๐ต๐พ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ผ, ๐ ๐ฑ๐ธ๐น๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ธ ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฝ๐พ๐ป๐ท ๐ฝ๐ธ ๐๐ธ๐พ. ๐ ๐ด๐ท๐ธ๐ ๐๐ธ๐พ ๐ช๐ญ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฝ๐ธ ๐ด๐ฎ๐ฎ๐น ๐ช๐ท๐ ๐ผ๐ธ๐ป๐ฝ ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐พ๐ท๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐ฌ๐ธ๐ป๐ป๐ฎ๐ผ๐น๐ธ๐ท๐ญ๐ฎ๐ท๐ฌ๐ฎ ๐ป๐ฎ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฒ๐ท ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ผ๐ฎ ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ฒ๐ท๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐ท๐ฌ๐ฎ, ๐ซ๐พ๐ฝ ๐๐ธ๐พ ๐ถ๐พ๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ด๐ท๐ธ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฝ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ผ๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐ธ๐ต๐ญ ๐ท๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฝ๐ผ ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ท.... ๐ฝ๐ป๐ฎ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ๐พ๐ผ. ๐ ๐ฌ๐ธ๐ต๐ญ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฝ ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ผ ๐ฝ๐ธ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ซ๐ธ๐ท๐ฎ, ๐ช๐ท๐ญ ๐ท๐ธ ๐ธ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ผ๐ธ๐ป๐ฝ ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ฌ๐ธ๐ถ๐น๐ช๐ท๐ ๐ฌ๐ธ๐พ๐ต๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ธ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ธ๐ป๐ฝ. ๐ข๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ช๐ฒ๐ท ๐ฑ๐ช๐ผ ๐ฝ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ญ, ๐ฝ๐ป๐พ๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ถ๐ฎ. ๐๐ท๐ญ ๐ท๐ธ, ๐๐ฎ ๐ป๐ฎ๐ถ๐ช๐ฒ๐ท ๐ฌ๐ฑ๐ช๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฎ. ๐๐ธ๐ท'๐ฝ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฝ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ถ ๐ฌ๐ธ๐ท๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ท๐ฌ๐ฎ ๐๐ธ๐พ ๐ธ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฎ. ๐๐ฝ'๐ผ ๐ฝ๐ธ๐ธ ๐ฏ๐พ๐ฌ๐ด๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐ธ๐ต๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ, ๐ช๐ท๐๐๐ช๐. ๐ ๐๐ช๐ป๐ถ ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ญ? ๐๐ช! ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฝ ๐ช ๐ฏ๐พ๐ฌ๐ด๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ ๐๐ช๐พ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ถ๐๐ฝ๐ฑ. ๐๐ช๐๐ซ๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ธ๐พ๐ต๐ญ ๐ฝ๐ช๐ด๐ฎ ๐พ๐น ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ธ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฝ๐ธ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ท๐ญ ๐๐ช๐ป๐ถ๐ฝ๐ฑ ๐ซ๐ช๐ฌ๐ด ๐ช๐ฝ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐ช๐น๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ธ๐ต ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฑ ๐พ๐ผ ๐ฒ๐ท๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ผ ๐ซ๐ช๐ป๐ป๐ฎ๐ท, ๐ฏ๐ป๐ธ๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ซ๐ฒ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ท ๐๐ช๐ฝ๐ฌ๐ฑ๐ฝ๐ธ๐๐ฎ๐ป.
๐ค๐ฐ๐ฑ.
๐๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ป๐ช๐ฌ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ท๐ผ ๐ช๐ป๐ฎ๐ท'๐ฝ ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ท๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ, ๐ท๐ธ๐ป ๐ฒ๐ท ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ผ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ป. ๐๐ช๐ด๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ช๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฑ ๐๐ธ๐พ๐ป ๐ธ๐๐ท ๐ธ๐ซ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ท๐ผ ๐ช๐ท๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ท๐ผ๐พ๐ป๐ฎ ๐๐ธ๐พ ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐ช ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ ๐ญ๐ช๐๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ธ๐ป ๐ถ๐ ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฝ๐พ๐ป๐ท.
๐ก๐ฎ๐ถ๐ช๐ฒ๐ท ๐ช๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐ช๐ท๐ญ ๐๐ช๐ป๐ถ, ๐๐ธ๐ช๐ป. ๐๐ธ ๐ท๐ธ๐ฝ ๐ท๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฝ ๐๐ธ๐พ๐ป๐ผ๐ฎ๐ต๐ฏ ๐ช๐ท๐ญ ๐ญ๐ธ ๐ท๐ธ๐ฝ ๐ญ๐ฎ๐น๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ฎ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ธ๐ผ๐ฎ.
๐.๐.๐.