Captain Thorn,

I waited for your messenger in order that I could to speak to you again personally, but she never came. This latest 'message' of yours is quite charming, but counterproductive in the extreme.

If you care to ever walk the streets of this city unmolested, you are to cease all further hostilities until you have spoken with me. That is not a threat, that is an unavoidable fact of life. You need my help, and this is hardly the way to get it.

We have the rest of our lives to murder one other; I am certain you can curb your bloodlust long enough to listen to what I have to say.

Lt. Ingrid Mordis Kenning Trades and Imports Port Lothor, City of Sanctuary

Mordis,

You make two very incorrect assumptions.

1) I don't care to ever walk to the streets again, unhounded.

2) I don't need your help. I take it by your signature that you have declined my offer. Consider my end of the offer in motion, then, unless you care to send back immediate word of your resignation.

You may say what you wish to me while you lay in a pool of your own blood, waiting for the release of death.

Ta Ta, Captain Thorn

Thorn,

Your insolence is matched only by your lack of foresight, child. You are wanted by the authorities, and in no position to make demands.

It is a trivial matter for me to arrange a letter to the Watch in the event of my disappearance, and you can rest assured I have already done so. Send an army of assassins after me if you wish; my soul is spoken for and I will enjoy my vengeance in death. Your conspiracy will be fully exposed, your resources spent, and your hated sister will emerge the victor.

I have spoken with your father. I am offering you your only chance to come home again, and if you refuse, you are dead to him anyway. I am acting on his behalf, and if you dare to cross swords with me, his words shall be the last thing you ever hear.

Lt. Ingrid Mordis Kenning Trades and Imports Port Lothor, City of Sanctuary