Thanks for reminding me

Dear Nimue,

Thanks for reminding me about the postmasters. I miss you so much. As you can see, I switched to using chimera runes. Nobody here can read them, including Hermes. The Faeries haven't hired any chimeras for man memory. Although faerie memory is slightly better, they can't remember the last chimera employed by the court here either. Faeries look down on us to the point that although a significant part of the diplomatic mail going in and out of this court is written on chimera runes, their Natural Surveillance Apparatus and other sixteen secret police organizations don't have any chimera speakers in their service.

Since our official correspondence uses Norse runes, Hermóðr can't read Chimera. I know that he has chimeras working for him, but as long you don't offend them, their translations are somewhat selective. I have always been friendly with Elyzanna, who is in charge of them. She is very gentle and has beautiful falcon wings.

Anyway, most things here remain the same. The same couple of tribes provide most of the soldiers for the imperial legions. The Empire makes sure the conditions in those regions remain harsh and the regions remain underdeveloped to ensure the toughness of legionaries. But, as it has always been, the legions can't get enough recruits from those same few tribes so they supplement their numbers by accepting soldiers from outside the borders. Officers of course come mostly from the noble families. One of the peculiarities here is that they all pretend that nobility doesn't exist. Yahweh aids the human empire in this by providing the Mist of Truth for the eyes of human tribemen.

I miss you so much. Without being able touch your soft fur, the nights feel so lonely.

Yours truly,

Gareth