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Dear Lizzie,
I am well indeed, more well than I have been in quite some time, in fact, thank you.

Is that so? What a strange thing, and a strange man, although I think I might be able to pass along your regards, and they are well appreciated.

Your friend,
Mr. Edward Hyde

Sir Edward Hyde,

You are very bold to address me with such a sense of familiarity. I must beg you to desist, as that particular diminutive is only permitted to be used by my maternal parent and sisters. If you should think of another, I will welcome any requests you may field to me on the subject.

I am glad to find you well, however! I had thought the doctor might enlighten me further on your nature. May you do so, in his stead?

You may find I dwell more in darkness than you may believe.

Yours,
▬ E.

I think not.

[Yep, that's it, that's all. Sorry, Lizzie, he's just here to be a jerk right now . . .]

As I recall, before all else, you are English. And one of my subjects.

This is not a request. I am not a source of entertainment for you in some mummer's spectacle. I am your Queen.

Do as I ask. Or it shall be as I command, instead—and far less pleasant an experience for you, I promise you.

( This is the first time she has asserted her sovereignty anywhere. Congratulations, Hyde. You win the medal. )

Before all else, I am myself. Yes, I was a resident of England, some four hundred years after your time.

And yet I would sooner break the back of the queen of my own era than bend the knee.

Warmest wishes.

The current Queen as you call her is German. And knowing what I do of my descendants from the seventeeth century onward, I have henceforth disowned them all. Denizens of the Holy Roman Empire have no place warming an English throne.

You may do with this Queen of yours as you like. But I am English, as you are. And if you wish to bend your knee, sir, would it be for more pleasant activities than severing my spine.

I expect honesty of my subjects, however. I would have it.

How good of you. And yet, it makes no difference whatsoever, as far as I'm concerned. As much as I would so enjoy more pleasant activities together.

I have been entirely honest with you thus far. The doctor will confirm it when he returns, I'm sure. Have some patience.

Does it not? They have mismanaged our nation horribly, and done a disservice to its people, and many far beyond their borders. I would not have any of my people liken me to them. Even yourself, sir.

If you would enjoy such activities, you need but say the word. I am fond of pleasant diversions. ( As was her father. )

How do you and the doctor coexist?

I simply possess an aversion to authority, which no argument will break. Just as I am always looking for pleasant diversions.

The only answer I will give is that we do. The matter is of no interest to me, besides which, he would be the better storyteller.

[Mostly because it will make Jekyll uncomfortable, and any chance for that is wonderful.]

There is a fine line between anarchy and tyranny, do you not think? Society necessitates structure to maintain its existence, else it will collapse. But on a personal level, you may be surprised to find that we are in agreement.

I obeyed my father's will because he was my King, and I adored him. I rebelled against my mother, and find myself glad more often that I should to be away from her meddling. Is that how you find the Doctor? Meddlesome.

( Really, she must wonder. Doctor Jekyll is by no means perfect, but he is far more a face of civility than this man she speaks with. )

I must wonder on that score, as you have quite the flare for dramatic word usage.

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