[The afternoon of the day after their network conversation, Nebula will receive a parcel wrapped around an old, but otherwise carefully-handled copy of a book entitled The Mask of Dimitrios. A short penned-out note is included with it, which reads:]
Please enjoy at your leisure. I'll be looking forward to hearing what you think.
- C. Saville
[It's not like the book they chatted about on the network, but he chose it with her newness to the genre in mind. The story, written from the perspective of a man new to the world of espionage, but filled with tension, mystery, and danger, felt like an ideal starting point.]
[There's much about the details in the book that Nebula knows little about. Europe in the 1930s is a bit hard to fully comprehend for an alien from space who barely understood even modern Earth outside of music, Kevin Bacon references, and the little she'd gleaned from the Avengers. But other parts she understands all too well. Corruption. Assassinations. Not knowing who to trust.
It's only a few days before the book is returned, wrapped carefully back up in the same parcel that it was sent.
She's included a note back:]
I did enjoy this book. Although, I am not sure that I am satisfied with the ending. Latimer simply went back to his life as a writer after seeing everything he saw, and witnessing the death of Peters and Dimitrios? He's naive and should have known what he was getting into.
[Charles is pleasantly surprised to receive this return written note from a space faring person --a thoughtful one that shows she enjoyed the book, no less-- and writes back in the same way:]
Ms. Nebula,
I don't think you're meant to feel about him any way than you do. [He relates to what he feels like he's hearing: That someone's own feelings or ideas might be in need of questioning or correction in some way, even by the person themselves. He doesn't want to do to someone else the kind of thing that was done to him, that made him feel that way.] If you don't like him, and think his naïveté is foolish, then that's how you received him.
I sent that book to you, with Latimer as the main character, on a guess that a character who was also new to the espionage book genre in a sense, might be a good introduction to how this type of story works. If you'd like to read more, I'd be happy to send you one with a main character who is more savvy.
[Note writing isn't exactly a forte, but it feels strange to switch to a text now. So at some point, she'll slip another note into his door, shorter this time.]
Charles-
I would like another book of someone savvy, like you suggested. Perhaps you could send me books or recommendations regularly? Only if you want to, of course. But I would enjoy continuing this.
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Please enjoy at your leisure. I'll be looking forward to hearing what you think.
- C. Saville
[It's not like the book they chatted about on the network, but he chose it with her newness to the genre in mind. The story, written from the perspective of a man new to the world of espionage, but filled with tension, mystery, and danger, felt like an ideal starting point.]
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It's only a few days before the book is returned, wrapped carefully back up in the same parcel that it was sent.
She's included a note back:]
I did enjoy this book. Although, I am not sure that I am satisfied with the ending. Latimer simply went back to his life as a writer after seeing everything he saw, and witnessing the death of Peters and Dimitrios? He's naive and should have known what he was getting into.
I do not like him. Am I meant to?
-Nebula
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Ms. Nebula,
I don't think you're meant to feel about him any way than you do. [He relates to what he feels like he's hearing: That someone's own feelings or ideas might be in need of questioning or correction in some way, even by the person themselves. He doesn't want to do to someone else the kind of thing that was done to him, that made him feel that way.] If you don't like him, and think his naïveté is foolish, then that's how you received him.
I sent that book to you, with Latimer as the main character, on a guess that a character who was also new to the espionage book genre in a sense, might be a good introduction to how this type of story works. If you'd like to read more, I'd be happy to send you one with a main character who is more savvy.
Best,
- C. Saville
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Charles-
I would like another book of someone savvy, like you suggested. Perhaps you could send me books or recommendations regularly? Only if you want to, of course. But I would enjoy continuing this.
-Nebula