OOM: Letter
Random had asked him to write, so he is. Things aren't busy at the bar anyway, and even though he saw him a couple of days ago, Ramon's horribly aware of the fact that he's been here almost a week and that's about three weeks in Haven. He hates that thought.
Still, writing isn't his forte and he stares at paper blankly for a few minutes before picking up a pen.
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Random
I've got some time to kill, so I figured I'd write like you asked me to. Things are OK here. Bianca seems to have listened to warnings and is staying away, and a couple of people have been put in the cells already, for trying to attack people. They seem to be targeting Arithon or his family, and maybe people that look like them as well. I don't know, there's still not a whole lot of sense to it all.
I'm fine, but bored for the most part. The bar gets really annoying if you're forced to spend hours just watching people. And it wouldn't give me alcohol the other day which was a pain in the ass.
News in general...Melkor's got some kind of servant here, a woman-shaped thing that's more nosy than is good for her. I expect you should let Gorlim know but she didn't seem to have a name. Also, more importantly, I had a talk with Bauer. I found out how I'm going to die and I know I can avoid it now. That's pretty good although I'll have to spend some time figuring out certain details before I can go back and put it all right.
And even more intruigingly - why didn't you tell me you had a grandfather? He introduced himself to me tonight and was strange, to say the least. Crazy as anything - Dworkin, he said his name was. He freaked me out, I think we need to have a conversation about him some time.
Other than that, not a lot is going on. I hope you're OK and not too tired from the baby, you were exhausted when I saw you. I'll let you kill me for letting you sleep on if you like but don't tell me it didn't do you good.
Are we still going away at the end of the month? Like I said to you before, I won't hold you to it if you'd rather stay with the boy. But it'll be nice to get away from here once all this is over because I'm tired as hell and I miss you.
Can't think of anything else that's important. Wish I could see you but maybe soon. Write back?
Love
Ramon
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Understated, yes. There are many things he wants to talk to his lover about but on paper is not the place to do them. So he just reads it over, folds it, and puts it in an envelope.
It's delivered by simple dint of walking through the door to Haven - where it's night time - and leaving it on the table in the hall. He hates being here and not staying but he doesn't stop because if he does, it'll be hours before he leaves again and anything could happen in that time. So he takes a quick look round and then walks straight back out again, ready to resume watching the place.