Part 283: Robin C

Hrmmm...

Still writing a reply to that letter? You've been staring at a blank page for an hour.

Was it bad news? Nothing serious, I hope.

No, just an average letter from my parents. "Hope you're well," and all that.

Then why are you so strapped for a reply?

It's... tricky. I just don't know what to say.

There's plenty of things you could write about! Especially after that last battle! Tell them how you dodged one brush with death after the next! Impress them!

Are you insane?! The object is to make them worry about me LESS!

Oh. Right. Well, why not tell them about that fight against the Risen?

Talk about how you tore them limb from limb and flung the pieces to the winds!

But I did no such thing! Besides, that would have them worried about me in a whole other way... See the problem?

I can't LIE, but if I write about how things really are, they'll worry. And if I write about how much I miss them, that only makes it worse...

How about just a few words to let them know you're all right?

...I don't know. Maybe I'll just hold off until I do something that makes them proud.

Well, if they could've heard you just now, they already would be.