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[Filter: Private, in Atsirian]

... There's James, but he's just a boy. And I shouldn't give him stupid ideas. And no one else here is even ... it's just like the boys at the orphanage. There's Lord Lawrence, but ... I wonder if Melyndra is going to cook for him. I'd better not, just in case.

Lord Joseph has been ... he wouldn't laugh. He's too polite. He's Lady Laeleena's son. ... At least if he laughed, he would do it where I wouldn't see. I hope Lady Daerielle wouldn't mind it. He's her brother, but ... it's not like it means anything. It's just because I have to cook for someone now because it's not like the orphanage, anymore ... I have to, or it looks bad. If I look bad, it makes Melyndra look bad ... fine.

It will be fine.

... I guess I should do this. I told James I would. I don't owe him anything, but he has been helping.

[Filter: Lady Tyrande, in Atsirian]

Lady Tyrande...?

I'm very sorry to bother you. This is Karlesta, the Prophet's daughter ... Do you have time to write? It's about James-Chauncy.