delivery ▶︎ backdated to several days after the zoo raid

[Generally speaking, Liem is not the kind of man who wilds out and gnaws on the necks of near-strangers without any warning. As an apology for this embarrassing gaffe, Bondrewd will receive a small package a little later on in Pelu, containing a trio of leather-bound notebooks of differing sizes, a package of handsome pens, paper-wrapped sticks of charcoal, and a sheaf of very thin paper — the sort meant for making rubbings. A small square of card bears a note in ruler-straight script:]

Mr. Bondrewd,

Please accept my apologies for any suffering or inconvenience you sustained as a result of my behaviour in Aetós’s facility. I have had good experiences with the vendors of these particular products; I hope you will find a use for them in your endeavours.

—Liem Talbott