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[notcethleann]

Hello there! My, what a remarkable device this is. It is so very exciting to have a mail box of my very own! Now, what is it that one should say...ah! Ahem. This is Flayn. As I understand it, you are trying to reach me, but I am not responding! How rude of me. Oh, but I am certain I have a good reason! And that I shall tell it to you when I speak with you again. So put a message here and tell me what you require, so that I may help you when I have returned!

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[noblestandard]

Oh, it seems to be fine! It was a small drop.

[He smiles even bigger when he sees Flayn's face.]

Yes, they are! I wish we had devices like this back in Fodlan. Would make so many things much easier!

Splendid! Do you know of a good place to meet? I can meet you there!

[notcethleann]

Ah, I can imagine it now! No longer would we have need of couriers to rush to and fro with important letters, or wait in worry for days or weeks to hear from a friend. Perhaps, when we go back, someone shall bring the knowledge along with them and invent them there!

[Really, if anyone could, it'd be Claude.]

As a matter of fact, I do. It is what is called a 'cafe' here in this world. They serve tea and coffee there, and I am quite interested to hear your opinion of the place! I shall send you its location with this device's map.

[And so she does.]

[noblestandard]

Really though. Could you imagine it? Easy communication across the land, between different outposts and cities. Even maybe between homesteads! It would be amazing. A wonder!

[If they could teleport it back, honestly.]

That sounds wonderful. As long as they have good tea, I am satisfied.

[notcethleann]

Yes! There are so many things in this world that would be truly wondrous if we could bring them home with us. Perhaps after we have finished our tea, I can show some of them to you!

[She smiles.]

Then it is decided. I shall meet you there in fifteen minutes!

[And as promised, fifteen minutes later she waits outside a cozy-looking building with a garden beside it, which contains outdoor tables at which guests can sit with their drinks.]

[noblestandard]

Of course! See you there!

[It takes him a bit longer than her to arrive, as he can still get distracted by the different things in this place.]

Ah, Flayn! It is wonderful to see you again!

[In the flesh, really. Although he knows they have a lot to discuss, he is happy to see her, and has a big smile on his face.]

[notcethleann]

[Flayn's smile is just as happy, as she looks up from her phone to see him there and her face lights up.]

Hello, Ferdinand! It feels as though it has been such a long time. Would you like to sit with me in the garden? We may peruse the menus to see what manner of special beverages they are crafting here today.

[noblestandard]

[Ferdinand shoves his phone in an inner pocket of his coat.]

That sounds wonderful.

I would be like being back at the monastery.

[notcethleann]

Yes, indeed it will.

[Like being back at the monastery. The last time she saw Ferdinand at the monastery was across a battlefield, when the Black Eagles returned with Edelgard - with the Flame Emperor - to seize Garreg Mach by force and drive the Church out. But before that...

Before that, she remembers having tea with him out in the courtyard on a summer's afternoon. She remembers learning things from him - how to groom and saddle horses, how to clean and polish armor properly, how to brew tea - and his incredible patience with her utter lack of knowledge of these things that must have been so basic to him. She wonders whether this Ferdinand remembers doing those things with the Flayn of his world, as well.

She leads him through the garden to her favorite table, under the shade of a tree and surrounded by flowers, and peers at the menu.]

Many of the types of tea here have unfamiliar names, but some taste just like teas that we have at home in Fodlan. Claude tells me that some of them are even called something different in other countries in our own world! Others are entirely new to me. Does anything listed here catch your eye?