To: The Commonwealth

[Eduard]

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Bonjour, madame.

Robert d'Autoine here. I do hope I find you on a most exquisite day.

But, before I would begin, I would like to forward you my excuses for the long absence of our association on the frequency we talked on. Do not take it as an offense, s'il vous plait, but, we couldn't afford some particular third parties to find out or even suspect that we would have ties with revolutionary parties or individuals such as the "Black King". Mille Regrets.

Alas, as Achille may have told you, The Commonwealth indeed sighted your precious ship, but that would be more or less irrelevant now, non?

As for the meeting, we could no doubt meet in space and talk to each other personally, rather than spending time on a communication frequency which, I personally find to be an informal method of handling communication. Moreover, a meeting between us would allow us to share the most unimportant and irrelevant trivialities of our lives and also circumvent any common misconceptions we may have, if you know where I may be pointing to.

And before saying that we may have anything to achieve from our little discussion, let's just say that we are "innocent victims of circumstances" where by "victim" you may understand something a little different than the common use of that word.

As for the meeting, I would like to hear your proposition on the time and place, madame.

Au revoir!

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King Eduard is the greatest