To: (=)"Aschenputtel"

[Karst]

Veil;

Your extensive response is much appreciated. I don't visit the houses very often, and I like to think myself smart enough to view the mixed news reports and articles I rely on for information about political developments with adequate scrutiny, so first-hand reports are always appreciated. I'm certainly no expert in Rheinland politics, so you may imagine myself nodding politely without as much understanding of the overall dynamics between Bundschuh and Unioners as I'd like to have, but this is the sort of thing that helps.
For the sake of brevity, I can't exactly go into a full deep-dive of my philosophical leanings, but suffice to say I consider myself a pacifist and a humanist, and in my experience the various outlawed political organizations of the houses have claims that exceed or at least match their respective governments' in utopian ambition. So, colour me at least sympathetic to this apparent warming of relations between your groups. I'd also consider myself an optimist, so perhaps I would fall into the camp of the "pure intentions assumers", were I a member of yours.

As for the latter incident, that's also an interesting report. I won't presume the ability to scry into ol' Harby's intentions, mercurial even by their standards. I don't think I've ever seen him make in appearance in that region, but he does have the tendency to pop up in unexpected places.

At any rate, I've arrived at Heisenberg with your gear. I hope I didn't miss your departure.

~ Katherine Pennybrooke

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