*** HARMONIA has joined 710.35.155.17 <HARMONIA> Buongiorno, sorry I missed you. <HARMONIA> I'll happily get back to you as soon as I'm done with whatever business I'm on. <HARMONIA> Please leave a message.
[Whatever he was expecting, this is . . . significantly more. It overwhelms him, but not enough to forget his promise: he sends Erina a message stating that he received the package and that he'll write more later.]
[Which he also does, once he's had time to look through the books a little more carefully and consider the watercolors in particular. The signature, too. When he sits down and writes her a brief note (by hand, and to be sent by courier, since that seems to be her preference), it ends up shorter than he expected.]
Mum,
Thank you. I don't know what to say but thank you. I wasn't expecting so much. I hope I can make good use of all of these beautiful things.
I've never tried to paint before. (Or to be a gentleman, if I'm being honest.) Are you good at it? Could you show me?
[He called her mum and she very nearly faints on the spot when she reads his note, surprising Jonathan and Lizzie both. He wrote love! The reply comes swiftly, within an hour of receipt.]
Son,
You are very welcome! I'm glad to see that they will get some use. I can paint a little, (like on your birthday card! I apologize for my poorly drawn frogs) but watercolours are very easy. I will be happy to show you. Ladies learn things like this, and embroidery, and mending, and music and singing and a variety of other things one keeps under her hat.
However, if you wish to know how to draw what you see, I suggest asking your father. He is very skilled! Between you, myself, and the walls of the room you are reading this in, he also very-well versed in being a perfect gentleman. He has done such since he was a young boy in short pants.
I’d rather you not disparage the frogs. I liked them very much. I’ve seen what Jonathan [here he squints for a long time at the page before continuing as is, simply because he hasn’t figured out the calling-Jonathan-a-parent-thing part of this situation] can do with charcoal. He sent me a really beautiful drawing of a number of plants that grow in my home. I have it hung up in my room. It will probably be easier for him to pass along that skill than the gentlemanly one, but I’ll ask for his help with both.
I would like to learn anything you’re willing to teach. I like music very much but am bad at replicating it. The other things, though, would be good to know. So much customization is necessary for clothing here that the ability to mend seems like an important skill.
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[Which he also does, once he's had time to look through the books a little more carefully and consider the watercolors in particular. The signature, too. When he sits down and writes her a brief note (by hand, and to be sent by courier, since that seems to be her preference), it ends up shorter than he expected.]
Mum,
Thank you. I don't know what to say but thank you. I wasn't expecting so much. I hope I can make good use of all of these beautiful things.
I've never tried to paint before. (Or to be a gentleman, if I'm being honest.) Are you good at it? Could you show me?
Love,
Giorno
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Son,
You are very welcome! I'm glad to see that they will get some use. I can paint a little, (like on your birthday card! I apologize for my poorly drawn frogs) but watercolours are very easy. I will be happy to show you. Ladies learn things like this, and embroidery, and mending, and music and singing and a variety of other things one keeps under her hat.
However, if you wish to know how to draw what you see, I suggest asking your father. He is very skilled! Between you, myself, and the walls of the room you are reading this in, he also very-well versed in being a perfect gentleman. He has done such since he was a young boy in short pants.
Eagerly awaiting to teach you,
Mum
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I’d rather you not disparage the frogs. I liked them very much. I’ve seen what Jonathan [here he squints for a long time at the page before continuing as is, simply because he hasn’t figured out the calling-Jonathan-a-parent-thing part of this situation] can do with charcoal. He sent me a really beautiful drawing of a number of plants that grow in my home. I have it hung up in my room. It will probably be easier for him to pass along that skill than the gentlemanly one, but I’ll ask for his help with both.
I would like to learn anything you’re willing to teach. I like music very much but am bad at replicating it. The other things, though, would be good to know. So much customization is necessary for clothing here that the ability to mend seems like an important skill.
Love,
Giorno