Dear Terrans,
How’s it going? As for me, I’m alive… and under paid. I helped the local wise guy (I shouldn’t say that. He’s a wise and good man.) I helped the athenaeum keeper with his research and the pay was very disappointing. Now, it wasn’t contrary to any agreement or anything like that. I guess the customary extra “appreciation” left much to be desired. The slight bothers more than the amount, but even that not much. It was only extra work, and the real coin is in critter-hunting in the wood. I hope to get to that soon, but I decided to stop and write since I was already in the inn, and they have my favorite table for it.
To the news. The dragon talk has died down a bit. As far as I can tell, anyway. I don’t know what those tale-bearing misanthropes do in secret. Heh. Misanthrope. It sounds like miss-anthrope. Reminds me of that Depp Heard trial. He’s coming off as taken in by what he intakes but also, childlike and peaceful. She comes off like a rotten wench- like she's just too old for her parents to correct a spoiled brat syndrome. Alas.
Anyway, in milder news, I have picked up a new book. I just started it, and now I’m spoiling the ending by jumping ahead to the conclusion. So far, I enjoy this author’s philoso-voice, clear with a pleasant level of precision rather than endless qualifications. Also, the book is a Terran defense of libertarian anarchy by one Dr. Gerard Casey. He seems like quite the gentleman-scholar. Maybe the refinement will be catching. Either way, I’m looking forward to the book. And yet, this means I’m starting another one. I may want to finish the previous book first. We’ll see how it works out.
Well, I guess I’ll pay the keeper here and then go whittle down the woodland's monster quotient. I’m saving for a new piece of equipment that promises to make building much easier. Maybe I’ll fill you in on that next time.
Pen