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ZEMO'S LETTER SERVICE No. 21-B

Kind BIRTHDAY GREETING
Comes apart in 23:13:00
For
Aarav
From me
Meera
Made in
PUNE
Made
SEP 16 18:18
Count
114 BG

Title line

Receipt

One message, addressed to me, received in good order.

Sign here to accept it
Waiting for your signature

Writing

Made by hand, for you

ForAarav

From meMeera

I could not get the whole thing into one message so I have sent it the long way instead STOP

You turned twenty nine at some point last night while you were asleep and I was awake writing this STOP

That is the arrangement we have always had and I would not change it STOP

Enclosed item

Blow the candles out

Photo

TEST TRANSMISSION — NO PHOTOGRAPH ON FILE — 000%

Film

TEST PATTERN — NO FILM ON FILE

Song

Sent in morse, at seven hundred hertz

THE BANNER, KEYED BY HAND

List

SIX THINGS, COUNTED

  1. You make tea for other people before you make it for yourself
  2. You have never once let a joke die alone
  3. You drive like the road owes you money
  4. You remembered my mother’s surgery date before I did
  5. You still sing the wrong lyrics on purpose
  6. You are extremely hard to surprise, which is why this took a month

Table

THE RUNNING TOTAL
Years known11
Cities slept in6
Arguments won by youALL
Arguments I concede below1

Coupon

ONE ARGUMENT, CONCEDED

Redeemable once, at a time of the bearer’s choosing. No expiry, unlike this letter.

Pull to tear

Journey

  1. PUNE
  2. MUMBAI RELAY
  3. TRUNK 4
  4. BENGALURU
  5. DELIVERED

Sender

Yours, on every frequency —

Meera

Made & folded
BG

That is the whole thing.

The last piece is in place. Take a little time with it. When the clock runs out, this link closes and the words, photos, film and voice notes will be permanently deleted.