A Letter to Directeur Tery Mard of the Corps De Grace

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A letter written in the scrawl of what one can only assume is a prepubescent nincompoop arrives at the Corps De Grace Headquarters in Sestra, to Directeur Tery Mard's quarters. For some reason, the author has decided to transcribe his stutter into the text, perhaps because he doesn't understand the concept of written language.

"D-dear Mister Directeur,

H-how are you? I am doing okay. I got a job as a d-delivery boy! It's h-hard work running around all day, b-but some of my f-friends say I need the excerc-cise ...

S-so, I w-wanted to let you kn-now that you can k-keep the copy of Perry Hotter and the Wizard's Ioun Stone that I lent you! I got another one to replace it, and it's s-signed by M.N. Somersalts herself! I'm so happy!

I h-hope you've been enjoying the book!

The letter is signed "Rian," which is crossed out a few times and replaced with "Ryan." A gigantic smiley accompanies the signature.

[Dave Fritz]

Setting down the very book mentioned, Tery reads the letter and smiles. "I shall have to find Rian, I mean Ryan, and thank him again."

He picks up the book and begins reading again, a look of enjoyment on his face. At the end of the chapter, he smiles again, places a bookmark in the book, closes it and sets it back on his bookshelf.

With a sigh, he picks up a document from the pile on his desk and returns to his paperwork.