[She knows who the message is from, she can sense it. Claude von Riegan. Khalid. Whatever name was more real.
- But she cannot read his words. She cannot read any words beyond her name, her brother's name, the basic characters for the cardinal directions, and numbers. Just enough for her stable master to advertise that she could be given simple messages by hawk and raise her sale price correspondingly. A lack that was just expected, in her world, but one that in this one had gradually become a source of mild shame, a weakness that needed to be covered.
She almost breaks and responds to ask him what it says. But if she asks, then he will respond, he might wish to meet her, he could talk about what had transpired between them that last day in the roots, and Hayame...
Does the Communion equivalent of leaving him on "read".]
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- But she cannot read his words. She cannot read any words beyond her name, her brother's name, the basic characters for the cardinal directions, and numbers. Just enough for her stable master to advertise that she could be given simple messages by hawk and raise her sale price correspondingly. A lack that was just expected, in her world, but one that in this one had gradually become a source of mild shame, a weakness that needed to be covered.
She almost breaks and responds to ask him what it says. But if she asks, then he will respond, he might wish to meet her, he could talk about what had transpired between them that last day in the roots, and Hayame...
Does the Communion equivalent of leaving him on "read".]