Interlude 6
Personal Correspondence 2
Dear Sarah
Congratulations on the birth of little Virgilia I am so happy for you and Romanus! As you may have heard Felicity gave birth to a little boy for us just last week. I have decided to name him after father because despite all his flaws father truly was a great man. Vincent will technically be vulnerable to the reaping's being born in District 6 but I hope you would be able to keep him out of the pools as he will be eligible for the 20th to the 26th games. District 6 still needs the control of a competent Mayor for a long time to come and I doubt any of the people in the District will ever be up to the task hence why I feel the need to stay with my family in the District as Mayor.
I am excited to hear about what will happen in the Arena this summer. I know Uncle Gabe has been teasing you about it for at least a couple of years now. After all the hype he's built up I sure hope that he can follow through on it. Dad always did say that Uncle Gabe was inclined towards exaggeration but then again dad was a good six years older than Uncle Gabe and father was a pretty stern man even on his very best days.
I am pleased to hear that the new "Academies" are going well. Obvious volunteers may take a couple more years to trickle through to becoming standard but I'd hope at least the more rebellious districts won't have the honour and privilege of a Victor any time soon.
Incidentally (and perhaps fortunately given their nature) my own District are unlikely ever to win despite our large population size. Half our tributes are addicted to Morphling and the other half are usually the one's selling it to them.
I would stop the Morphling pandemic but fortunately it seems to keep the District in line for the most part.
If people are high they aren't rebelling and production is being maintained steadily.
The ends in this case may very well justify the means.
Hoping you're well and not too sleep deprived like Felicity and I currently are.
Your Dear Friend
Greg