Riluo,

I will speak s l o w l y so to not confuse you too much. Bouchard is my domain and my bloodline not yours. You chose to dishonor and break the merger treaty between Bouchard and Nebre'seir and thus forfeited any claims or control over Bouchard matters.

It is looking more and more like you just spend your time searching for any reason to cause a raucous, throwing false accusations or whatever you can make people believe. Rattling chains until you get a fight out of it. Then you can throw your weight around and preen yourself. I seen it before. All you had to do was ask me for a duel and I would have stepped out of the city. But that was too much to expect from you, you rather carelessly and impetuously break city laws.

I am done wasting my breath on you, I have better things to do than listen to your prattle. Try leading Nebre'seir for a change, they need a leader! Bouchard already has one!

~ Neoma Bouchard, Elder of House Bouchard

Penned by my hand on the 23rd of Slyphian, in the year 449 MA.