I stare at a blank page, albeit not for long, and I wonder how to begin. You stuck my name, in between commas such as these, in the very first line. Your full name is a bit of a chore. Does the a come before the u? Is there an o in there, past the initial one, which seems to come and go. Your mother is not your mother. Your father is not your father. Who named you? Of course, your name is not your name, merely a level, a symbol, a representation of something larger and grander. It is a path to a center. No, let us not delve too deeply into that metaphor.
Simply put, if I am arguing in front of the current High Queen, things have gone horribly wrong and all plans have failed. Of course this is something to avoid. I have a certain amount of faith in my own abilities, in my own sophistry, even in my nuance, but ultimately, I am myself, and I am far less inclined towards and capable of showing restraint than I was even a year ago. If you go back a few years ago, I was just as bad if not worse, to temporal powers far greater than I. There was a cost. As you say, you give me no choice. This is likely wise, because you know what I might choose in many situations. Were I to be able to choose otherwise, I would be of less use to both of us. My blade would be duller, my drive far less pure. I am quite good at finding choices when none are supposed to exist, however. So long as you are honest and open with me, I will be honest and open with you. I was in my previous two letters, was I not? Even at some cost and hurt to all involved. Think on that.
Our people do not do well. They only think they do, often because they cannot face a truth so horrible. I see your game, however. There's no benefit in making them see the truth and then offering this as a solution. Whatever we have to offer at first, it is not enough to counteract the harsh truth of existence. So we construct a lesser problem, for which our solution shall be more than enough.
Am I to dissuade you from taking the throne? Am I to encourage you? I barely know how to properly touch those paragraphs. I think you have the makings of a great queen in you, if not today then tomorrow. I think whatever greatness the current queen might have had in her yesterday, it has withered with madness and paranoia, at least from what you tell me and from her self-destructive aims for my people and yours. As for leading her here, well, that is a risk, but Myrken has seen her kind before. Likely, we will again, even with no action. This is a chance for benefit, at least. I think it worth the risk.
First, there is the matter of Catch.
Having so burned the bridge with Gloria Wynsee, you ingratiate yourself with those others in my life? There's something to ponder there.
I would learn your laws so that I might better break them.
I will show you what I love about Myrken, though I think in the end, what you will see is but a reflection of what I love about myself. If I am wrong, we will discover that together, but I tell it to you now so that you cannot hold it over my head as a great revelation later.