To: everyone (a few days after all arrivals)

[northerndragon]

[Jon writes in a very fine hand, but to many, it will seem archaic.]

I would like to speak on duty, if you will.

What does duty mean to you, if it means anything at all?
How do you know what your duty is?
How do you know when you have done it, or failed to do it?

If it doesn't matter to you, why doesn't it matter?
If it does, why then?

I seek to learn from my fellows.

— Jon Snow, of Thorne

Comments

[theidlemaiden]

[ It's her first time experiencing something like this and it comes as a confusing surprise. Eventually Hilda recalls Sylvain explaining that words might appear out of the blue with a broad stroke of, "It's just magic," and that's enough for her. She fumbles with her reply but manages to send something back in even, neat script. ]

𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦'𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘵𝘦𝘢 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮! 𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘻𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩?

[northerndragon]

Tea? No, but if you are in Castle Thorne, and you would prefer it, I would be pleased to talk in the dining hall.

I would ask you first what duty means to you. Is it important?

[theidlemaiden]

𝘋𝘢𝘳𝘯, 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘣𝘢𝘥. 𝘐'𝘮 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘊𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘴, 𝘴𝘰 𝘸𝘦'𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺.

𝘋𝘶𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦. 𝘐'𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦'𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘱 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺. 𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳'𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴.