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[restingstitchface]

[On the nearest surface: a mess of spidery calligraphy, words from a curious mind, written with a mental hand. Though accustomed to shorthand, he prefers the traditional touch, and believes it to be the courteous option.]

Well, that wasn’t a boring weekend, not that one.

It was wonderful to meet some of you in person - and enormously encouraging to meet so many new faces. I hope the masquerade entertained you all. But, on the other hand, wasn’t there something peculiar about it? Does anybody else feel led up the garden path? I fear this is me being paranoid but…

I think the Fey mean to return to this world. I know I would be delighted to get back home and, I might add, so would many of you. It’s only natural we miss our loved ones. “My heart to joy at the same tone. And all I loved, I loved alone.”

Now, I suggest we discuss our impressions of our hosts this week and what we managed to glean by means of information. The most pressing and urgent problem I think, without doubt, is their intentions. Perhaps we should discuss our experiences and share what we learned. It could prove useful. Our small community cannot afford to misplace its trust, and I advise we exercise critical thinking at this juncture.

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Comments

[obiwanofthosedays]

Of that I am all too familiar. Better that we make certain they do not reach their breaking point- or that we are prepared should the worst come to pass.

[restingstitchface]

Well, they're not the only ones. I am loathe to consider how our benefactors might write us the draft. The Free Cities already encourage national service and I suspect Solvunn and Thorne would pressure many of us to play along. Hard question, isn't it? How much we should repay their hospitality...

[obiwanofthosedays]

We do owe our hosts a debt for their generosity, but no offer made with expectation of repayment in service and skill is entirely altruistic. We were summoned here for a purpose even if there is currently a truce. I do not care to continue to play things by ear, but that's where we are now, unfortunately.

[restingstitchface]

Absolutely. At this point, we're all living in the moment. But it would be nice to imagine we could make plans for the future. The sad thing is I just don't know if we can.