LETTERS

[antitrust]

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[antitrust]

Miss Ashley,

I meant what I said before; your questions are always welcome. I'm not one to turn away people that are seeking answers, even if the answers I provide are not always complete.

Again, to answer your questions in order:

1. You can ask Abiding for confirmation or denial of your concerns with regards to these things.

2. As implied by the first answer, yes, I do know better than to leave the lot of you unsupervised.

3. The circumstances that brought you here are complicated, far moreso than can really be explained right now. It's largely irrelevant to the circumstances as they stand, however.

4. Your request regarding your clothes will be considered.

5. I said that I'm only willing to personally provide the absolute necessities. The piano in the ballroom is a feature of the academy - i.e., not something that I was explicitly asked to provide. Technically speaking you don't require beds, either, as the floor is an entirely acceptable place to sleep, albeit an uncomfortable. But they were provided for you as a feature of your room. There's a difference between things that have already been voluntarily provided and things that are being asked of me - treatment for Ardent's injuries is considered a necessity, whereas Dynamic's repeated requests for a pet chicken do not currently fall under that sort of requirement. Does that clarify it well enough...?

That said, the ballroom was here when I acquired the building, though I would be lying if I said I didn't enjoy it in its own way. I don't play very much myself, and I don't really write the music down either, I've always been terrible at transposing and translating what I hear into written notation. But I'm always composing, I'm always hearing things. It's mostly classical, though, yes; I'm not sure whether I'm pleased that you worked that out or a little angry at myself for being so predictable. Well done either way.

- Conductor