Ben,

I'm glad.

Your job sounds like the perfect fit. The first time we met—after Elliott's birth, I mean—I think I remember that you were working. It's why I decided to contact you. You were so good with Elliott even not knowing who he was. You're good with people; it's a good trait to have.

I've never been abroad before. Sometimes I feel like I ought to have; being a mediwitch has brought me to the far corners of Britain at times, but never have I crossed the sea. When I was growing up my parents made me learn about French culture and tried to teach me the language. Are they really so different from us, then? Have you traveled elsewhere?

Dionisia

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