>> Ich werde mich darauf freuen, meine Geliebte.
>
>Huh. The future tense is a bit strange here. I mean, why isn't he
>looking forward to it *now*? He has every reason to, after all.

It's just a direct translation of "I will look forward to that." In English, "I will look forward" connotes that the speaker both presently is looking forward, and intends to continue doing so. If that's not properly idiomatic in German, I'm happy to change it to something that is!

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