A young woman enteres a small room and hands a small envelope to a man sitting at the desk, lighted by a single desk lamp.
"I was told to give you this."
Alaric stretched out his arm and took the envelope. Once the woman left, he opened the envelope and read the text in it. Shortly after that, he took a pencil and started writing a reply.
"Dear admiral Kirk,
I am currently in the office 063, somewhere in the distant area of Zhukovsky, doing the paperwork. My 'missing from action' is a result of hours of work on endless skyscrapers of paper, and the end is not yet in sight. I will infrom you of my further progress as soon as I finish my work.
Respectfully,
Nickolai Alaric."
He sealed the envelope and sent it to admiral Kirk.