[That, first and foremost, written back quickly enough his already jagged handwriting becomes even more of a scrawl. It's a fierce promise, undercut only by the fact that they both know he had never intended to leave the first time, either.]
Count down the hours. And get ready. I will write to you when I am outside the city limits, and you will have an hour to pick a bottle of wine and get yourself ready for me.
Count on it.
[But, ah . . .]
. . . on that note: I would ask a favor from you when I return.
I wish to seek out Varania. It will not be easy, and I imagine my duties to Riftwatch will make it all the harder. I do not even know where to begin.
It is not something you need to help me with, if you do not wish to. But I would have answers from her one way or another, and I would not undertake such a task without informing you first.
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[That, first and foremost, written back quickly enough his already jagged handwriting becomes even more of a scrawl. It's a fierce promise, undercut only by the fact that they both know he had never intended to leave the first time, either.]
Count down the hours. And get ready. I will write to you when I am outside the city limits, and you will have an hour to pick a bottle of wine and get yourself ready for me.
Count on it.
[But, ah . . .]
. . . on that note: I would ask a favor from you when I return.
I wish to seek out Varania. It will not be easy, and I imagine my duties to Riftwatch will make it all the harder. I do not even know where to begin.
It is not something you need to help me with, if you do not wish to. But I would have answers from her one way or another, and I would not undertake such a task without informing you first.