[And there's an instant reply back to Alice almost as soon as Lu Meng gets the note.]
Apologies. I merely wished to initiate contact with you in a polite manner. But some courtesy can be discarded as time runs short for us.
If you are not opposed, let us meet in person then. I shall await you at the clocktower.
[In fact, he's actually on the way there right now even as he's speaking to Alice. He'll be there before she is, and when he finally sees who this Alice is, he's mildly surprised, but he'll have to spare the pleasantries. No boxes or runaway cats this time, but a despair-deranged Arehtei breathing down their necks. He cuts straight to business almost immediately.]
Miss Margatroid. My thanks for agreeing to this meeting on such short notice, but the Priestess has informed me that you may know something of this person who is inflicting deep amounts of despair onto Peromei.
Voice
Apologies. I merely wished to initiate contact with you in a polite manner. But some courtesy can be discarded as time runs short for us.
If you are not opposed, let us meet in person then. I shall await you at the clocktower.
[In fact, he's actually on the way there right now even as he's speaking to Alice. He'll be there before she is, and when he finally sees who this Alice is, he's mildly surprised, but he'll have to spare the pleasantries. No boxes or runaway cats this time, but a despair-deranged Arehtei breathing down their necks. He cuts straight to business almost immediately.]
Miss Margatroid. My thanks for agreeing to this meeting on such short notice, but the Priestess has informed me that you may know something of this person who is inflicting deep amounts of despair onto Peromei.