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[Filter: Private, in Atsirian]

... It does make sense. A good deal of sense, but ...

[a short pause]

Well!

What do I have to be nervous about? It's just as Raezi says. Everyone who matters here will be anxious to accept the invitation. And I've been to a hundred of these by now, I should think I know how to properly arrange them. And ...

It could even be fun, couldn't it? It will be fun. No one has any idea what to think of Shadda and I, and that suits me just fine. What rules are there, for this? ... She and I can just be ourselves, and that's ... Shadda would do anything for me. She's said so herself. And when she says it ...

I believe her.

I want everyone to see how happy we are. And if the Queen finds it all as interesting and exciting as Raezi and mother believe -- all the better.

[Filter: Aes, in Atsirian]

Aes!

I have something very exciting to tell you. But it's a secret, still, so you must promise to keep it quiet!