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"Magelet…" Numair began to say, walking through the doorway.

"Yes?" Daine replied.

He walked over to her, an envelope in hand.

"Here, this just arrived for you. It has the royal seal of Carthak on it, so I'm guessing it's from Kally."

They exchanged rueful glances. Both of them remembered Daine's remark about Kalasin writing home the second she was being mistreated. She had said that comment in the very room they were in.

She opened it, and read out loud:

Dear Daine, and most likely Numair also,

I am not sure what to do with myself. I have already talked with Kaddar today, and it went over terribly. We fumbled from topic to topic, and it was incredibly awkward. What should I do? The weather is humid, I've made my first enemy, and have you seen the bugs? They're massive!

The Kaddar problem bothers me the most. And no, Numair, he is not hurting me in any way. I know I shouldn't be complaining, but I simply don't know what else to do. I just have to remember this: all of this is for my country.

Also, please do not mention this letter to anyone. All of the other letters I sent were lies. Please send my regards to anyone who asks. Well, I'll write again soon, hopefully. If you wish you can send a reply.

Kalasin

Daine nor Numair said anything for the next couple of minutes, until Numair's soft whisper said:

"Leopards don't change their spots."

Daine looked at him while she tied her curls back. "Pardon?"

"Think about this: all of the letters are being screened, right? Someone reads them, to check for things like hidden codes or messages. Kally obviously didn't write about Kaddar mistreating her because someone would have read that! She simply would have been to embarrassed to write about it!"

"Embarrassed?"

"Oh, I don't know, something! But either way-leopards don't change their spots, right? You of all people know this!"

"You mean a leopard can't change the pattern of his spots? Interesting comparison."

"Exactly! Kaddar is the leopard in this case, and he can't change the way he views women! Remember, he was looking at you and-,"

"Numair!"

"What?"

"Kaddar was simply friendly!" Daine countered. "Nothing else."

Numair shrugged.

"To each his own. Or her, in your case."

Daine shrugged, and began writing a response to Kalasin's letter.

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A/N- I've decided NOT to delete this, since this is going to be experiment fic. I'll try to put in more detail, and play around with Kalasin's faults. So technically, this is just my delay chapter. Also, I'm planning to do one D/N chapter for every two Kalasin ones. Should I change that?

Please review! Pretty please, with a cherry on top?