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Letter 1
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Dear Yrog,
I made it home, safely and in one piece. I wish I could tell you it's been a happily ever after, but you know it's not. Dad's dying. The doctors have exhausted everything they can do. He's in a coma right now. I haven't even been able to tell him I'm home.
Mom's not doing so well either. She didn't recognize me at first, which makes sense, and when she did, she was super happy to see me, but she's not all there, Yrog. It's hard to explain. She seems to remember things fine, but it's like there's some kind of alternate reality in her head. According to Zack, she never managed to support herself after Dad divorced her. Once the alimony ran out, she mortgaged her house and lost that money to some get-rich-quick scam. After the bank foreclosed on her, brother stepped in and committed her to a sanatorium. He picked a nice place. It has lots of gardens and a small forest.
My baby sister is a complete snot. Brother told me he forbid you from kidnapping her, but really, I wouldn't mind. Make her spend a week sleeping in the dirt or something. While you're at it, you can eat her mother, too. The woman is insufferable. She is way to taken with her status of consort, even though she has no rank in court (not to mention the royal court is mostly just a sinecure for old men, anyways). I refuse to acknowledge a woman younger than me as "mom." Zack burst out laughing the first time I called her Snort.
I miss you Yrog. I miss our drinking sessions on your roof. Give Todd my regards and give Sarah a big hug for me.
Yours,
Mindy
