To: DWR | From: Emmanuel von Gottschall

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Date: 10.02.825 AS
To: Stefanie von Falkenberg, Die Weiße Rose
From: Emmanuel von Gottschall, erstwhile Parteivorsitzender of the Partei für ein Neues Rheinland
Topic: Heimkehr
Origin: House of Rheinland
Encryption: Standard

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Sehr geehrte Fräulein von Falkenberg,

It has been some time. First of all, I believe sincere congratulations from my side are in order. From my own rich experience I can tell you that what I am seeing before my eyes does not happen often; that a woman of such young age as yours is being nominated as head of a revolutionary movement, let alone the Bundschuh, is nothing short of a minor miracle, in my opinion. I was as surprised as you must be right now to hear from me again when I saw the message of yours on the screen of one my transponders. To clear this out first: Yes, I took some of them with me when I left the Weiße Rose, although I would have never thought I would need them again. If I had been prudent, however, I would have known that the Bundschuh will inevitably call again sooner or later.

Of course the news of the sudden vanishment of former lead Helena Wunderbring took me by surprise and delivered me a pleasant shock, yet I have to say that, for the time being, she surely is in good company that way. First Haupt, now Wunderbring. Who is next on the list of mysteriously vanished Bundschuh leaders? Let us hope they won't bear the name of von Falkenberg, shall we?

In anyway, I am digressing. With the previous Oberst seemingly gone, I feel my heart beating higher in obligation once again. Of course I don't wish to catastrophize the current situation more than it is necessary, and while I am absolutely convinced that the movement has found a good leader with you, I have got the notion that recent events have once again caused the movement to totter in quite dangerous ways. See it as a case of "History Repeating Itself". And History tells us that a freshly elected ruler, no matter the circumstances, need a myriad of people that stand behind them to make sure they stay at the helm for longer than a few weeks.

So here I am. It has been too much time since I have shown dedication to the cause of the Bundschuh. View this message as a formal proposal to help the Weiße Rose out in times of dire circumstances. I am awaiting your reply.

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