09-10-2016, 08:44 AM
In this letter to Khanh:
- Lien acknowledges a long break in between her letters because she was angry about something Khanh had said in his last letter: he said he was worried for Lien, because she was now 18 with no money or property to her name. She accuses him of sounding like their mother's side of the family. "I appreciate your concern, but fuck you." What does Khanh expect her to do? She doesn't want to tour with her music, and she doesn't want to have her work patronised in all senses of the word. She makes jokes about becoming a merchant, using their father's connections and her winning personality to get the deals.
- The jokes become serious. Lien writes about Lapis leaving and Nerissa replacing her as trade master with questionable actions. She asks Khanh for what he really thinks. Should she ask for their dad to teach her? Would anyone take her seriously? Lien thinks Zarkaylia especially wouldn't take her seriously, or even trust her despite Nerissa's actions. But the Elder is away, and Lien just has to stew in her insecurities until then.
- Lien writes about what other townspeople thought about her going into merchandising and eventually segues into Eyana. Lien doesn't describe much about Eyana to Khanh, just mentions that they live together, and sleep together. Yes, Lien isn't really over Zaira. Yes, Eyana knows. No, they aren't exclusive. It's probably a bad choice, but it's too late for Lien to go back on it. She tells Khanh to stop judging her because she knows he is. She makes a joke about how Khanh's wife, Mai, left him. "Sorry. Probably too soon." Zaira is suddenly away, anyway. Lien didn't get a goodbye, but heard from someone that it was about Bishop not coming back right away.
- Topic quickly changes to Khanh. Lien suggests some lyrics for Khanh's new song: "the source for all this indecision isn't me/because I decided long ago/but that's the way it seems to go/when trying so hard to get to something real". Lien is outraged by Khanh's former mother-in-law, AKA Thao's grandmother. "Who the fuck gives a kid chocolate before bed time? That's only something I would do!" She suggests teaching Thao to call the former mother-in-law "old woman", then pretending Thao came up with it herself.
- The talk about Nerissa earlier and now Thao makes Lien recount her experience with Vanessa and just how cute she is. Lien wishes Thao would worship Lien as much as Vanessa did. Lien hasn't seen Vanessa in a while. "I hope she's ok."