TO Sarah S., Tosca:
Hello,
You have probably noticed this now but this is the first letter I have written to you since our vacation. I am in Khent. Not much to report. I'll be going through the Ipsilon Mtns soon. May not write for a little while. Write to Uhra, Tolsan's Inn, if you would like. Be there in a week.
With love,
Kaim
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TO Kaim Argonar, Tolsan's Inn, Uhra:
Kaim,
I did notice this was your first letter. You did just leave.
I hope I don't talk your ear off. Or, well, write. Write your eyes out? Is that a correct saying? I must ask around! Although the people of Tosca are less traveled. Perhaps you could ask around? Uhra is such a big city! And full of interesting people!
Speaking of interesting people, Tobias has returned! He came back the day after you left! Did you see the poor man on your way back down the cliffs? He's been through a lot. I gave him some medicine for a nasty cough he's had for a month! I have been using my white magic on his leg. It's got a nasty wound, some sort of fight with an animal he says. Like this old man should be fighting! He's not a warrior, Kaim! Just a simple medicine seller! All of the herbs we grow here in Tosca shouldn't be worth his life! But he just brushed it off, telling me that he is making another trip west soon.
If you happen to see him in his travels let him know that Sarah is thinking of him. I wonder how many more trips a fifty-six year old can make with such a bad leg.
I am fine. Okay. Still a bit rattled. I haven't made it back down to the boat to get my things, but I'm sure anyone who would try to take anything will be surprised that, 1) I've charmed the chests to be unlockable, and also very heavy, unless you're me, and 2) that there really isn't much to be taken. I should go and clean. Oh no! I've just remembered that we didn't clean up from the last time we were on it! Ah! That blood is going to be baked into that wood! Any tricks on getting that out? Maybe I'll go soon to get that cleaned.
No research trips planned on my end! Tosca's having a bit of a dry season. I know, I know. I won't use my magic to help the crops, but with that going on I feel like I should stay for a little while. Besides, Marta is having her baby soon (I still believe it's a boy!), and I just wouldn't feel right not knowing how that little baby arrived into the world! The midwife should be here soon. Hopefully, she has a nice trip!
Kaim as you know I'm thinking of you! Uhra's army will get into shape with you in their ranks! Though I don't necessarily agree with the reasoning behind the King's orders, I know you're just trying to do right by the Uhran people. Please be safe! I don't want to hear about you dying out there. (I know you'll just get right back up.)
I miss you.
Forever Yours,
Sarah
(P.S. Is that too much? We didn't really talk about what was over stepping boundaries in our relationship. Please let me know if 'Forever Yours' is on your no-no list. Along with pet names. I can't bear to think that you think I'm being too…clingy? I'm not that kind of woman. If I am ever that kind of woman, let me know. I will put a stop to it. I'm just worried, you know. I ramble.)
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TO Sarah S., Tosca:
Talk your ear off, not write, according to several people around the Inn.
Will do about Toby, though unlikely I'll see him.
Let me know if Marta has a boy or a girl.
Not sure about the ship. Maybe baking soda and vinegar? Might make it smell bad.
'Forever Yours' is not on my no-no list. I don't think I have one of those.
Miss you too, Pumpkin-Bear,
Kaim
*Note this chapter is in reference to my last chapter in my story To Die. It'll make more sense if you read that chapter first! But it's not totally necessary, as this is just some silly letters.