Professor Cramming,

I hope the school year has treated you well (although I feel as though I open every letter with this, so feel free not to comment this time).

One of the plot point in my upcoming novels focuses on a collection of magical papyrus scrolls, and only after I submitted it for a first round of editing did it dawn upon me that I must have taken inspiration from a tale you told me many years ago. Is it not you who discovered them in Egypt? Of course, I will rework the storyline if you take issue with being used as inspiration; I would much rather have this conversation now than when you pick up my book and decide to send me a scalding letter.

Forever in your debt,
Mr. Julian Fisk

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