<span class="bbc_u"><strong>TREMERETTE</strong></span><br/><br/><div class="floatleft">(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/99/de/80/99de80dd4fb18a5a2b5229f5fe73ae72.jpg)</div><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 24pt;"><strong><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: impact;">Twin Oxenbridge</span></strong></span><br/>Human Wizard 1<br/><hr/><br/>Twin did not interrupt her as she recited parts of the letter.  He listened intently and, somehow, created a cup and saucer from thin air and filled it with tea.  He sipped on said tea, reclining back in the chair, aware of the ridiculous situation he found himself in.<br/><br/>"I must admit, this does not sound like a compromise, but a unilateral decision.  You have decided for us, and I suppose it wouldn't be gentlemanly of me to insist in reading your personal letter now.  So I will ask a question, as you have given me opportunity to do so, and I will do so in the presence of this bauble."<br/><br/>Here, the wizard drew a lit candle from his sleeve.  The candle's wick was not truly on fire.  It was like an illusion.  Of course, Clara had known of these candles: they created a Zone of Truth.<br/><br/>"The question is very simple, and it can be answered 'yes' or 'no.'  You may choose not to answer.  I cannot pry much further.  And my question is this: does the letter bear any animosity to my employer?"