Continued, The Arcane Arts
From: Dean Lennox
To: Rawlins DAA
Subject: Re: Max
Thaddeus,
What a cruel and unnecessary email. Benjamin and I do not need a reminder of the birthday of our son.
I’m sure it helps alleviate your guilt to take a position of moral superiority toward me and the whole situation; perhaps casting me as a cold, uncaring mother allows you to feel less guilty for the direct role you played in the disaster seven years ago.
I do empathize, and so I will forgive your unsettlingly casual tone, writing as though Maxwell were an undergraduate organization I had forgotten I had agreed to chaperone.
I greatly value both our friendship and the important role you play at the university.
If you do the same, this will be the last time you mention Maxwell to me.
I hope your arcane cohort is as promising in person as they are on paper. I look forward to getting to know them more at our department’s autumn dinner.
M