Dear Sailor Zephyr,
I am writing this to inform you of
Dear Zephy,
It's horrible to try and write formally. It's horrible to even write at all; my hands are shaking because everything is in chaos around us. And I mean that literally too, there's Chaos monsters at everywhere... we seem to have gotten distress calls from every outpost these few days. We're alright now, I guess, if you can call having so many casualties and injuries on the battlefield alright. Then again, we're mostly alive, but bloody. For now, it's like a calm before the storm; everyone's in jitters because we know there will be more. We're all readying ourselves for this battle to come, and the armor feels heavier. Maybe they've added something, maybe it's the knowledge that it's going to be a tough battle...
Oh god Zephy, I can't hold it back any longer. We all know we're going to die. It's like we can see our impending deaths before us and it is horrible and I'm so scared, Zephy, everywhere I look, there are grim faces, stricken faces who've seen their comrades struck down. The only thing that rouses our morale is the Princess. She's our light. She always has been. She is the best thing ever about this... Zephy, what if she dies? What if she dies and I can't do anything about it because I'm a hopeless wreck of a Handmaiden?? I've always hated being it, you know, because of the responsibilities I'd had to deal with, but the Princess is wonderful. I have to protect her, even though I'm worthless and horrible and stupid; I should have taken this more seriously, I should have trained more, there's no point in saying all this, isn't there?
I'm going to die. I know that. But I'm not letting the Princess die before my eyes. It's my duty to fight to protect her and I am going to do it. Hah. It figures it would take my impending death to finally get myself straightened out, huh? I mean, when I first met my predecessor, she was younger than I am now, and she still seems loads more mature than I ever was. Am I saying I regret running away with you all those times? I don't know. Maybe I could have been a better person, a better Handmaiden, if I didn't?
...I guess I should, I don't know, make my will or something? But my things will probably all go to my successor, and you probably don't want all my flowery stuff, ha. Will I even have a successor? I mean, the Princess hasn't even gotten pregnant yet, so...
No, I have to be optimistic about that. That's the Fleur you know, isn't it? I have to smile and we'll tide this through. Not really, but I mean, at least I know you're safe back there. It's a bit weird to ask you this but maybe, you could take care of my successor when she comes? Tell her not to reject her duties like I did, okay? I think she'll be okay with you. I was, after all. Just treat her like you did to me and everything will be fine.
Also, thanks for being a great friend and, haha, a fiancee. You have no idea how much fun and happiness and thrill you brought me and I appreciate that more than you will ever know. Don't be too sad about me, okay? Maybe when this reaches there (because you know how slow space post is sometimes), I'll already be fighting. I could already have... you know... gone. Tell the rest not to be unhappy either. Having Flora in mourning is horrible for tourism, you know? Tell Aunt Iris that I don't want her to be sad! I know she pretty much dislikes you, but that's because she cared about me. Although she probably will be fine anyway. I've always been told the Zodiacs die young, and so do the Hands. I just never imagined how fast it would all seem...
Oh, and there's Knight Lemon Rind too! Make sure he's still not too uptight!
I'm sending this letter along with my favorite Flowerglobe, you know, the one with my symbol on it. It's technically not really yours, since it'll be passed down to the next Flora, but I just want you to keep it safe for me, please? I can't bear the thought of it getting broken here if Chaos manages to...
Or you can always pass it on to Aunt Iris! I think it'd be much more interesting if you could give it personally to the next Flora though. I know it's a lot to ask for you, but I guess you can say it's my last request? You can't say no to that, can you?
Love,
Fleur
I am writing this to inform you of
Dear Zephy,
It's horrible to try and write formally. It's horrible to even write at all; my hands are shaking because everything is in chaos around us. And I mean that literally too, there's Chaos monsters at everywhere... we seem to have gotten distress calls from every outpost these few days. We're alright now, I guess, if you can call having so many casualties and injuries on the battlefield alright. Then again, we're mostly alive, but bloody. For now, it's like a calm before the storm; everyone's in jitters because we know there will be more. We're all readying ourselves for this battle to come, and the armor feels heavier. Maybe they've added something, maybe it's the knowledge that it's going to be a tough battle...
Oh god Zephy, I can't hold it back any longer. We all know we're going to die. It's like we can see our impending deaths before us and it is horrible and I'm so scared, Zephy, everywhere I look, there are grim faces, stricken faces who've seen their comrades struck down. The only thing that rouses our morale is the Princess. She's our light. She always has been. She is the best thing ever about this... Zephy, what if she dies? What if she dies and I can't do anything about it because I'm a hopeless wreck of a Handmaiden?? I've always hated being it, you know, because of the responsibilities I'd had to deal with, but the Princess is wonderful. I have to protect her, even though I'm worthless and horrible and stupid; I should have taken this more seriously, I should have trained more, there's no point in saying all this, isn't there?
I'm going to die. I know that. But I'm not letting the Princess die before my eyes. It's my duty to fight to protect her and I am going to do it. Hah. It figures it would take my impending death to finally get myself straightened out, huh? I mean, when I first met my predecessor, she was younger than I am now, and she still seems loads more mature than I ever was. Am I saying I regret running away with you all those times? I don't know. Maybe I could have been a better person, a better Handmaiden, if I didn't?
...I guess I should, I don't know, make my will or something? But my things will probably all go to my successor, and you probably don't want all my flowery stuff, ha. Will I even have a successor? I mean, the Princess hasn't even gotten pregnant yet, so...
No, I have to be optimistic about that. That's the Fleur you know, isn't it? I have to smile and we'll tide this through. Not really, but I mean, at least I know you're safe back there. It's a bit weird to ask you this but maybe, you could take care of my successor when she comes? Tell her not to reject her duties like I did, okay? I think she'll be okay with you. I was, after all. Just treat her like you did to me and everything will be fine.
Also, thanks for being a great friend and, haha, a fiancee. You have no idea how much fun and happiness and thrill you brought me and I appreciate that more than you will ever know. Don't be too sad about me, okay? Maybe when this reaches there (because you know how slow space post is sometimes), I'll already be fighting. I could already have... you know... gone. Tell the rest not to be unhappy either. Having Flora in mourning is horrible for tourism, you know? Tell Aunt Iris that I don't want her to be sad! I know she pretty much dislikes you, but that's because she cared about me. Although she probably will be fine anyway. I've always been told the Zodiacs die young, and so do the Hands. I just never imagined how fast it would all seem...
Oh, and there's Knight Lemon Rind too! Make sure he's still not too uptight!
I'm sending this letter along with my favorite Flowerglobe, you know, the one with my symbol on it. It's technically not really yours, since it'll be passed down to the next Flora, but I just want you to keep it safe for me, please? I can't bear the thought of it getting broken here if Chaos manages to...
Or you can always pass it on to Aunt Iris! I think it'd be much more interesting if you could give it personally to the next Flora though. I know it's a lot to ask for you, but I guess you can say it's my last request? You can't say no to that, can you?
Love,
Fleur
