[A small package arrives to Rosella's doorstep. It contains a handmade electric lamp and a note from Alucard.]
Dear Rosella,
I wanted to give you a bit of light so you need not fear the dark. All you must do is plug it in. The little wheel on the cord can change how bright it is to your liking. It will not burn your apartment down, I promise.
[It takes a few days, but after awhile a parcel in return shows up at Alucard's address, bound in brown paper and twine and containing a book with a note tucked into its pages like a bookmark, marking the section where Much Ado About Nothing begins.]
Dear Alucard,
I've had reason to thank you so many times before now that merely thanking you again didn't seem like nearly enough, so please accept this small token of my own in return for the light. The Bard's works are not common in Daventry, but I had a rare copy when I was a girl and I wore it to pieces, sitting in the branches of my favorite tree and reading it over and over.
That poor old tree is long destroyed now, but my fond memories aren't. I do hope you'll love them as much as I always have.
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Dear Rosella,
I wanted to give you a bit of light so you need not fear the dark. All you must do is plug it in. The little wheel on the cord can change how bright it is to your liking. It will not burn your apartment down, I promise.
May you find future rest more easily.
Sincerely,
Alucard
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Dear Alucard,
I've had reason to thank you so many times before now that merely thanking you again didn't seem like nearly enough, so please accept this small token of my own in return for the light. The Bard's works are not common in Daventry, but I had a rare copy when I was a girl and I wore it to pieces, sitting in the branches of my favorite tree and reading it over and over.
That poor old tree is long destroyed now, but my fond memories aren't. I do hope you'll love them as much as I always have.
Always,
Rosella