A letter arrives to the Vales of Anduin, though it's recipient is not there. It now remains unopened, and in the safekeeping of Jurek mate of Njola until the adventurer returns from his mission.
The letter it written, not sloppily as such, but with immature letters. The writer is obviously not routined with their draftsmanship, but nonetheless, the letters are highly readable, if not ugly and oddly placed.
There are many spelling mistakes made, but they are all left out of this retelling.
The letter reads:
Dear Askelin
I miss you terribly. every night I lay in bed and turn around, expecting your hand to hold on to, but I only feel the coldness of the bed. That hurts me.
I cried a lot but now I do not.
I saw an eagle by Nen Harn and a badger got mad at me for sleeping close to his nest. I brought him much costing honey from Bree.
A hobbit in the prancing pony upset me. She had red lips and wide hips and she told me I was showing too much of my leg. I got sad and she felt bad. Then said sorry. I talked to her about my family and she began to talk about clothes and a "Lalia" and making clothing like mine. I think it's the same Lalia who has a shop in Bree, but I was very confused. I once bought linen from her but it wasn't good.
The sunrise today was pretty. The moon lasted until noon.
Have you heard about coffee? It makes you more intoxicated than mead. I tried it and couldn't stop talking.
I met the hobbit again at the market. She told me my hair looked nice. I asked her if she liked coffee. She didn't know.
I do not want to write her name because I will write it wrong and I do not want her to be upset again.
We are running out of dried juniper berries. I'm upset. Get us a small vial from the Vales. Tell Andri I need them. Tell also Andri I miss him. Is he mated yet? If Andri does not help, ask Yrsa for juniper berries. Juniper berries. Juniper berries. Juniper berries. Juniper berries. Juni
- also my sleep root it's tall with white flower. Just get the root and dry it. Please.
I saw geese fly over the marshes!
I took mushrooms from the pantry, but became upset because I missed you. I drank too much and woke up nude on the rug by the fire. Go ahead and laugh at me. My head hurts.
A lot of the time I say "what would Aske do".
We need Juniper berries NOW or SOON so I am sending this letter at dawn tomorrow
This took me 9 nights to write.
I love you, my mate, my Askelin
Hand in hand, back to back, yours forever,
Arindiis
