To: Ionic Inc.

[Petitioner]

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Employee ID: TERBLANCHE, ELIZE - #1310L

Subject: RE: RE: Business Proposal

-- BROADCASTING MESSAGE -- Ms Furukawa, thank you very much for the prompt response! I've shared your message with the Board as well as my own colleagues in management and at the helms of our transports, and we've collated our thoughts. Ultimately, we are not surprised to hear that Ionic itself doesn't directly engage with construction endeavours of this calibre, but unless you have a specific contact within your parent corporation you could refer us to, we're likely going to approach our close partners in ALG with the contract for the project, especially after the wonderful work they did helping us with Kensington and Lewes. Naturally, we would not even broach the issue of what would essentially be a uniquely permissive licensing measure until we had established ourselves as a reputable and productive economic actor in the area. As for potential Samura obstructionism, I wouldn't worry too much about it. I've submitted a plan to the Board which will hopefully illegitimise some of the complaints we figured they might raise, and I'm glad to say it's met with approval. I or one of my colleagues will contact you on this channel once the time comes for your official endorsement of the project to the Kusari authorities, and again once construction has started. From all of us at Caledonia, thank you, Ms Furukawa, and thank you to your team, for your critical support! We're all quite excited to see where this project takes us.

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