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A letter
Authored by Angelo's player
I apologize if my last visit was unsettling. I would like the opportunity to explain myself. Fate has made fools of the both of us. I have a seeming immunity to it, and yet, it has cloistered me in the church to escape it. I suspect you find yourself in a similar situation. You control fate better than anyone, and yet, it has left you in a dark room, isolated and shunned from society.
I found, in my youth, that I was constantly being offered positions of great power and wealth to join in conspiracies and perform heinous, unspeakable acts. These conspirators talked about how I was special, and the only one that could help them, but they were liars. They feigned interest and friendship, but they merely used me. The few times I agreed, I discovered quickly how they really felt about me, and barely escaped with my life.
I told my brothers I joined the church to help them in their own plot, but I really joined to stop the solicitations from other conspirators. It was my hope that no one would ask a priest to murder or steal. My gamble failed; I still get many solicitors and I have found that people still act as if they were my friend merely to use me. If not for Pietra, my life would surely not be worth the living.
As you can see, I tend toward isolationism myself. I stand on the pulpit at the forefront of society, but still at a lonely distance from my parishioners. I regard each new acquaintance with a wary eye and guard against my would-be friends. When I saw you the first time, I felt as if I were seeing myself. The metaphorical walls around me were manifest around you, and only those that wished to use you come to call. I saw how the other fate witches recoiled from your presence, much as they do mine, as if the tapestry of Theus's plan has no place for the likes of us. I felt a deep connection with you. If Pietra were not the only ray of sunshine in the darkness of my life, I would not have asked you for help. I did not wish to be like those who mock friendship and then depart without thought or sincere thanks.
We are on opposite ends of fate. It cannot touch me and you have mastered it, and yet the result for both of us is the same: isolation. It is because of this, that I believe we could be great friends. I believe that we understand each other and it is for this reason I would like to see you again next time I am in the region. I would like to get to know you and I would like for you to get to know me. If I receive no response I will assume I have your permission to come back. If you are inclined against the idea of my proposed friendship, please alert me and I will bother you no more.
A fellow inmate of fate's prison,
Angelo Donati
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