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16. "RE: GG Book 2 Act III: Déclaration de Position"
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   LAST EDITED ON Sep-29-20 AT 02:32 PM (EDT)
 
>Oooh. The tone of that letter is just -delicious-

Thank you, I enjoyed putting that together.

One thing that the English "translation" doesn't quite capture is the fact that it is written with excruciating formality in a way that the Gallic language does far better than English, with the exception of one single slang word that was very deliberately chosen for its impact. Gallic correspondents do not use slang in formal letter-writing, at all, and so the fact that Remilia deliberately dropped the word sangsue ("bloodsucker", previously established as an in-universe slur against vampires) will have struck a man as well-educated as M. Auriol like a brick to the forehead.

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   RE: GG Book 2 Act III: Déclaration de Position MuninsFire Sep-28-20 1
     RE: GG Book 2 Act III: Déclaration de Position Gryphonadmin Sep-28-20 16
   RE: GG Book 2 Act III: Déclaration de Position Star Ranger4 Sep-28-20 2
      RE: GG Book 2 Act III: Déclaration de Position MuninsFire Sep-28-20 3
      RE: GG Book 2 Act III: Déclaration de Position Gryphonadmin Sep-28-20 18
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   RE: GG Book 2 Act III: Déclaration de Position Astynax Sep-28-20 4
      RE: GG Book 2 Act III: Déclaration de Position MuninsFire Sep-28-20 5
          RE: GG Book 2 Act III: Déclaration de Position Astynax Sep-28-20 6
      RE: GG Book 2 Act III: Déclaration de Position Peter Eng Sep-28-20 9
          RE: GG Book 2 Act III: Déclaration de Position Astynax Sep-28-20 10
              RE: GG Book 2 Act III: Déclaration de Position Peter Eng Sep-28-20 11
                  RE: GG Book 2 Act III: Déclaration de Position Gryphonadmin Sep-28-20 13
                      RE: GG Book 2 Act III: Déclaration de Position Star Ranger4 Sep-29-20 27
                          RE: GG Book 2 Act III: Déclaration de Position Peter Eng Sep-29-20 30
                              RE: GG Book 2 Act III: Déclaration de Position Star Ranger4 Oct-02-20 40
                          RE: GG Book 2 Act III: Déclaration de Position Gryphonadmin Sep-29-20 32
                              RE: GG Book 2 Act III: Déclaration de Position Peter Eng Sep-29-20 34
              RE: GG Book 2 Act III: Déclaration de Position Gryphonadmin Sep-29-20 36
                  RE: GG Book 2 Act III: Déclaration de Position Astynax Sep-29-20 37
      RE: GG Book 2 Act III: Déclaration de Position Gryphonadmin Sep-28-20 12
          RE: GG Book 2 Act III: Déclaration de Position Astynax Sep-28-20 15
              RE: GG Book 2 Act III: Déclaration de Position Gryphonadmin Sep-28-20 17
              RE: GG Book 2 Act III: Déclaration de Position Peter Eng Sep-29-20 26
                  RE: GG Book 2 Act III: Déclaration de Position Astynax Sep-29-20 29
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              RE: GG Book 2 Act III: Déclaration de Position Gryphonadmin Sep-28-20 20
                  RE: GG Book 2 Act III: Déclaration de Position Hazard Sep-28-20 21
          RE: GG Book 2 Act III: Déclaration de Position Star Ranger4 Oct-02-20 38
              RE: GG Book 2 Act III: Déclaration de Position Proginoskes Oct-02-20 42
                  RE: GG Book 2 Act III: Déclaration de Position Gryphonadmin Oct-02-20 43
                      RE: GG Book 2 Act III: Déclaration de Position rwpikul Oct-04-20 44
      RE: GG Book 2 Act III: Déclaration de Position zwol Sep-28-20 14
      RE: GG Book 2 Act III: Déclaration de Position Star Ranger4 Sep-29-20 24
          RE: GG Book 2 Act III: Déclaration de Position Gryphonadmin Sep-29-20 25
          RE: GG Book 2 Act III: Déclaration de Position Astynax Sep-29-20 28
              RE: GG Book 2 Act III: Déclaration de Position Gryphonadmin Sep-29-20 35
                  RE: GG Book 2 Act III: Déclaration de Position Star Ranger4 Oct-02-20 41
   RE: GG Book 2 Act III: Déclaration de Position Peter Eng Sep-28-20 7
      RE: GG Book 2 Act III: Déclaration de Position Astynax Sep-28-20 8
      RE: GG Book 2 Act III: Déclaration de Position Peter Eng Sep-29-20 31
          RE: GG Book 2 Act III: Déclaration de Position Gryphonadmin Sep-29-20 33
   RE: GG Book 2 Act III: Déclaration de Position Astynax Sep-28-20 22
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