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terriblepurpose) wrote2030-12-01 07:56 pm
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terriblepurpose) wrote2030-12-01 07:56 pm
un: scifo; text; early january
I sincerely hope I have found the correct person! These devices are not the easiest for me to navigate despite several months' learning and a few guides. In the hopes that I have in fact found you, I would like to extend to you my sincere thanks. You were put in a remarkably tense situation with no good outcome and you did everything you could to try and help me change it. There was no reason for you to do this, putting your own self at risk like you did, but you did, and you were there for me the whole time, and I never really got the chance to thank you for that.
Not many people would have done that, I think. I hope you know how remarkable a thing it was, and how much it meant to be, no matter the outcome. Looking back, I do not believe my actions or the actions of anyone could have changed Alexei's mind. He was a great man, once, but I am beginning to think that with such greatness comes a sort of isolation, particularly when one feels desperate and alone.
You reminded me that, despite my now holding that same office (or, well, I suppose I did, at home! I don't any longer, and I am still attempting to make my peace with that), there are people in my corner who are willing to help me. That I am not alone. Sincerely, from every corner of me: thank you for that.
I hope you are well, and that you will give me a chance to return the favor when it is required. We are none of us here alone.
Sincerely,
Flynn Scifo
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As generous as your assessment of my actions is, the effort and the risk were yours, not mine.
If there had been a way to change your former commander's mind, I believe you would have found it. I regret promising you an outcome I could not give you, and that fault lies with me, not in any word or gesture of yours. You demonstrated integrity, honor, and compassion, while my irresponsibility put you in danger more than once.
The debt here is mine to repay, and I will repay it. You have my word, sworn by the honor of my House. If you wish to grant me a favor, let it be that you allow me that.
Yours,
Paul Atreides
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You tried, and in the end, I have come to believe that matters more. Promises cannot always be kept, and in the end we were both safe. Please believe me when I say there is nothing owed and no debt to repay, except perhaps one of friendship? I would like to meet you outside of such dangerous contexts, if such a thing can be found in this city.
If you really must grant me something, then let it be that. Connection is hard to find in a place like this, and I know it is vital.
-Flynn Scifo
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If that is what you ask, yes.
You are right about connection. There is another thing I should tell you. I recognized one of the people in your memory, Yuri. He pulled me from the ice when I arrived. It seems like people of your world are prone to acts of kindness.
Do you plan to visit the Snake Den this month?
Yours,
Paul Atreides
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Please call me Flynn. Honestly, that does not surprise me in the slightest: Yuri is one of the best people I know from home, and is not actually a very good representation of what the people of Terca Lumireis are like. That is not to say we are not kind, only that Yuri is exceptionally so and will spend a lot of energy telling you otherwise.
I was planning on going to the Snake Den, although I have been informed by a person who came here from the dream that one may not trust the parties thrown here? Still, it seems like precisely the thing, and it would be nice to get out of the house. I've learned that taking a break from work to attend such things is a wonderful way to learn what people need. Were you planning on attending at all?
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He also insisted I owed him nothing. I would be grateful if you passed along my regards.
Given how much you can trust anything here, I don't see a reason to believe that attending is more or less dangerous than any other way of spending time, and like you say, it's a way to find out what's going on in the city. We could meet there.
- Paul
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I would be delighted both to pass on your thanks and to meet you at the Snake Den. Naturally I'll be avoiding touching anything made of bone, but hopefully this will be a normal party with normal drinks and we won't be pulled into any sort of memory. Do you suppose that's asking for trouble, saying something like that?
Hopefully not.
-Flynn
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If we are, I'm putting that stag over my mantle.
I'll see you there.
- Paul
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Emojis are hard. ]
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-Flynn