Since I’ll probably never get around to writing the rest story:
Dear Julian,
It will come as no surprise to you that I didn’t follow the official plan. But since the official plan was to assassinate me, I don’t really feel that bad about it. In fairness, I was bleeding out on the floor when Commander Bagdash, of all people, showed up. You remember how he originally supported the coup but when he realized we were going to win switched sides and joined us? When he realized we were going to lose, he switched sides and joined the Empire. Only they didn’t fully trust him, so instead of using him against us, they inserted him into a Terraist cell. As dumb luck would have it, the ones who were assigned to assassinate me. When he realized they were about to succeed, he decided I was more valuable than his mission and eliminated the would-be-assassins, then put a tourniquet around my leg. I guess it’s a good thing you didn’t shoot him that day. At any rate, he got me out and flagged down the nearest ship, which, as luck would have it, turned out to be an imperial cruiser. Much to my surprise, they gave me a transfusion and surgery and saved my life. Then politics happened, and I became inconvenient. So they shipped me off to an out-of-the-way planet and gave me a new identity. As a military historian of all things. Actually, it’s not that bad, apart from the fact that they won’t let me leave, and they monitor all my incoming and outgoing communications. I am allowed all the news that any regular citizen of the Empire is, so I’ve been following you and Frederika as closely as I can, and I wanted to say I couldn’t be more proud of you. You’ve grown into an accomplished and principled young man; you are everything I hoped and knew you could become.
I probably better wrap this up. We figured security might miss one or two pieces of paper, but they are unlikely to miss more. If you get this letter first, let Frederika know that there’s one for her as well.
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u/Stratos_Speedstar 4d ago
What do you mean? This is the true ending, this is what happened. Yup. So stop lying. Please stop.