Introspection

[ColdestPepsi 1176]

Introspection.

 

Issued and averred by

AIMO OF ASTOR

BY THE WORD OF AIMO OF ASTOR,

As I write this piece I do so as not the Knight Commander or Sir of the Commonwealth but as the common man Aimo of Astor. I have talked with one whom I hold highly in my own regards, Sir Atticus Reinhold. It is his words which have pushed me to realize the weight of my own letter and how such was taken. In my haste to challenge such I have erred. I seek detente, a cooling of relations and a chance to talk and rationalize both of our reactions to the actions by each other. I know Sir Atticus in his wisdom and patience has pushed for a meeting between both you and myself with himself as moderation. Now as we enter into what will hopefully be the final years of the war as the Duke of Adria has denied peace is not the time to be causing division through open missives and backroom politics. Both of us have indulged in pride and thus I am attempting to stop the oncoming collision of egos from bringing both of us down. Therefore, I do hereby retract the insults levied towards your person. Should you accept this offer of detente and thus this meeting, moderated by Sir Atticus, I would like to work out towards still getting the transcript out in its full. It is our duty as part of Catherine’s council to be held to a higher standard, one which, once more, we have both indulged in pride and thus broken this standard. I do hope you can see the error in your own ways with handling this situation and thus may follow suit in thinking about the ways in which this was handled by all parties involved. As I shall endeavor to slow my anger and thus lessen my haste to act I pray you also endeavor to reflect upon what has occurred as well. Before the saint year is up I shall go on a pilgrimage to various churches throughout Canondom and pray not merely for an improvement in myself but also yourself.

 

Either way, I hereby shall submit myself to my own order, put myself up to a vote of confidence by my own peers. It shall be up to them whether I remain at my post to steer the Order of the Petrine Laurel into the future or not. This vote too shall hopefully be held before the end of the saint year is up so as to provide as little uncertainty for my brothers and sisters in the Petrine Laurel. Until this vote is had I shall continue my duties to them none-the-less to the Commonwealth as I ought to do.

With Regards,

Aimo of Astor

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"Y ahora qué?”

Marisol shook her head as she read the missive.
"Whoever is upset with him is a tool. Sir Aimo wanted honesty for the Petran people. Was that too much to ask for?"

The squire poured whiskey in her coffee, letting out a scoff. "Clearly."

[Chorale__ 2147]

Prince Paul of the Petra scanned over the missive and cocked a brow, pursing his lips and contemplating in silence. The Duke of Valfleur folded it away then, handing it off to an attendant for filing in the Rose Archives.

[TaytoTot 1587]

"Good on Aimo. He was always the better out of all of us." Thérèse stated as she reclined in her office chair and threw the missive onto the building pile of others.

 

[Hom 1987]

Atticus lets out a sigh of relief as he looks over the missive, before slipping a small pair of reading spectacles from his nose and folding them, with a soft smile. "Sir Aimo and Lord Adrian are both good, reasonable men- I have no doubt they'll be able to solve their disagreement swiftly. If I thought otherwise, I would not hold such loyalty to them both." He folds the letter neatly, before tucking it away in a safer drawer at his desk. 

Edited January 26, 2024 by Hom

[AmericanSniper52 272]

"And yet he refuses to apologize for what he did to my husband" a furious count-comsort said when he saw the open letter, crumbling it up and tossing it into the fire in anger.