193 - A letter as short interlude

Workfast Literary in Terera

atakina 67, 1556

To: First Virani-e Fourth Chevenga Shae-Arano-e

Dear Virani-e:

Thank you for your letter of explanation dated atakina 29. We realize that you couldn’t possibly fulfill your promise to finish the manuscript “within a few days, when the Circle School Annual Games are over,” as you wrote, as you were wounded the final evening.

We understand that the time that has passed since then—more than a moon—has been very busy for you, and you have had many distractions.

We also understand that even though you wrote to us in the spring, while you were still in Arko, “I will have plenty of time once I’m at home and no longer Imperator,” that this isn’t how things turned out at all, despite your being on medical leave from the semanakraseyesin.

Now we are concerned that you might not get the work done before your asa kraiya ceremony on atakina 71, which worries us on two counts. First, we understand that people who go asa kraiya often sequester themselves afterwards on the island in Lake Terera, and have little or no communication with the outside, so we would have no hope of seeing the completed manuscript until after that is over, and it could be a moon or more.

Second, and perhaps you can inform us on this: is it even acceptable in the asa kraiya community for one of its members to write instruction manuals on strategy and tactics? If not… we despair of ever seeing the manuscript, if it is not completed beforehand. Please inform as soon as possible.

As you know—and we appreciate the abject apologies you have already repeatedly offered—we have already had to revise our publishing schedule twice because we do not yet have the manuscript. I hope that somehow you can find time and attention to give to this matter. We wish you the very best for the ceremony and your health and happiness far into the future.

Thank you in advance,

Lurai Athal

Chief Editor.

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