My Hero
Felix "Cosmo" Carver
Hey Nicki!
You won't believe this! I scored a prime slot at the Starfarer Society meet-and-greet! Amaryliss Mondry 11 herself will be there! I can't believe I'll actually get to meet her. I'm practically vibrating with excitement!
I know it's a long shot, but any chance you could maybe, possibly, come with me? Pls pls pls!
Lady Astra Sver'rian
Felix,
That's amazing news! I'm so excited for you! I know how much Amaryliss Mondry 11 means to you.
As for me joining you, you know as well as I do that I can't. But I'll be thinking of you and wishing I could be there to see your face when you meet your hero.
Love, Nicki
Felix "Cosmo" Carver
Yeah, I know. It's just... she's AMARYLISS MONDRY 11! She's, like, the OG explorer! She was there when they brought her shard into the Agency fold; the first extra-universal territory to get representation on the Council! She was among the first to chart Shard 99 and meet the natives who could jump without any tech! She was on Shard 11 in the last days before the Collapse consumed her home world! She fought in epic space battles between Dawn and the Drachi of Shard 17! She built city-scale bastions to shelter the die-hard holdouts of Shard 33 from their vindictive gods! She rallied with Zed A'tel against the obscene excess of Shard 113's Immoderacy! She witnessed the last Grand Harmony of Loricity and the ascent of Kha'th'zul the Worldeater! She even brokered a truce between the warring Quix'zar and the Frilthians of Shard 88 using only interpretive dance and a bowl of space fruit!
It's just... A LOT, you know? I can't even.
Lady Astra Sver'rian
Quix'zar and Frilthians!? We haven't found anything on Shard 88 grander than semi-sentient slime molds.
And Felix, a girl could get jealous when all she's reading is you gushing over someone else. Are you prepared to make up for your transgression by bringing me some of this enigmatic "space fruit"?
JK, Nicki
Felix "Cosmo" Carver
Sheesh, you're too OP. I can't get away with anything.
Anyway, I'll transmit a message after. Cosmo, out!
Lady Astra Sver'rian
Felix,
So, what was it like meeting Amaryliss Mondry 11? How was she? Spill the tea!
Waiting patiently, Nicki
Felix "Cosmo" Carver
She's old.
-From the collected correspondence of Dominica Astra Sver'rian, the Unmaker, Emperor of Tears, last monarch of the First Domain.
