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2 Dear Sakura
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3 by Amazoness Duo and G.P.
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4 amazonessduo@hotmail.com
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5 pearsong1954@yahoo.com
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8 Dear Sakura-chan,
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9 I hope my letter reaches you well. It must be thrilling to be
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10 starting off on your new life with Li-kun in Hong Kong. I’m sure that
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11 the two of you will have many joyous days ahead as you explore your
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12 wedded bliss. Li-kun is truly a lucky man to have captured the heart
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13 of my beautiful best friend. I’m sending along a copy of the
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14 videotape I took of the wedding along with this letter. I’m sorry I
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15 didn’t catch the very end. I wasn’t feeling very well so I had to
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16 hurry home. But I
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17 think I caught the best parts of the wedding. Thank you again for
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18 letting me design your dress for your most important of days. You
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19 looked simply gorgeous. I think I can die a happy woman now that I’ve
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20 finally designed your wedding dress. But now that the honeymoon has
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21 been over for a while, how is life in Hong Kong? What are your plans?
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22 Do you think there are any children on the way? If you need any help
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23 with anything, please remember that I’m only a phone call away. I
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24 could always take a few weeks off of work if you do wind up needing
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25 any help
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26 with children anytime in the near future. But I’m sure that won’t be
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27 necessary. Li-kun has a lot of family there to begin with, so you
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28 would probably have more than enough help. I’m sure any children the
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29 two of you do have in the coming years would be wonderful, shining
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30 images of their mother.
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31 Not much has been happening here in Tomoeda. It’s been much too
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32 quiet without my favorite Card Mistress’s genki energy filling
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33 life’s everyday experiences. I’ve gone to work for my mother at
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34 Daidouji Toys and that has been going very well. I’m working as the
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35 head of design for a few different projects. One of the dolls we have
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36 planned is based a little on my sketches of you and some of your
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37 costumes. I hope Sakura-chan doesn't mind. I’ll send you one of the
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38 dolls as soon as we start producing them. Mother has been joking
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39 about retiring early and handing over control of the company to me,
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40 but I really don’t think I have enough experience yet. I get to see
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41 her more often now, so
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42 that’s a joy that makes going to work every morning very worthwhile.
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43 I still have some time to sing, but usually when I’m at home at night
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44 alone. It’s nice to lose myself in the music. It usually helps me
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45 relax after work. Sometimes I find myself sewing a design I had in my
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46 mind, but I all too soon remember that you’re not here to model it.
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47 My mind must be traveling too much to do such a silly thing. I can
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48 almost imagine you giggling behind me when I finally realize what I’m
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49 doing.
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50 I’d like to tell you what happened to your other friends, but I’m
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51 afraid I really haven’t kept in touch very well with Rika-chan and
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52 the others. The last I had heard, Chiharu-chan was going to get
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53 married to Yamazaki-kun. They must have decided to follow in your
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54 footsteps, Sakura-chan. I had heard a strange rumor that Nakuru-san
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55 had been dating Naoko-chan, but I can’t tell if it’s just a rumor or
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56 not. Though it certainly would be nice to know that everyone’s
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57 finding someone these days.
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58 I’m sure you already know about Touya-san and Tsukishiro-san and
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59 your father, so I won’t go into all of that, though I try to keep in
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60 touch occasionally. I tried to explain to Touya-san why you and Li-
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61 kun belong together, but I don’t think he understood. I’m sure he’ll
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62 come around in time. And please ignore whatever he has said about me
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63 recently. I’m sure Touya-san’s just overexaggerating. He and
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64 Tsukishiro-san seem to be doing quite nicely. They both think of you
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65 fondly and often. And you’re always in my thoughts, Sakura-chan. So
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66 remember that you’re always well thought of.
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67 How have you been doing with your magic? Have you been practicing?
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68 Now that Sakura-chan is the most powerful magician on the planet, I’m
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69 sure she has all sorts of things to do with it all. I’ve been
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70 thinking that you should get an atelier for your work or at least to
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71 keep the Sakura Cards. Because you could always use your own
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72 magician’s workshop. But then, your special brand of magic never did
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73 have to do with the Cards. It was how your warm and loving heart
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74 always opened up the hearts of those around you. I hope the Cards are
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75 all doing well. But with Sakura-chan as their mistress, I’m sure
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76 they’re all doing spectacularly. And please tell Kero-chan that I
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77 said hello and that I hope he has been eating well. It must be nice
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78 for him to be back home again in China, even if it has been a while.
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79 Please know that everything will always be all right. Because I
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80 believe in you, Sakura-chan. So I know it will. You’re just too sweet
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81 for things to go any other way. I miss you quite a bit, but I can
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82 always pop in one of my
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83 videotapes of you whenever I want to see your smiling face again.
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84 I’m very glad I captured all of those images of you when I had the
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85 chance. But I’m very happy to know that Sakura-chan is now a blushing
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86 bride and with her one, true love. I hope all is going well and that
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87 you are endlessly happy, Sakura-chan! And please send pictures!!
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88
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89 With all my love,
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90 Daidouji Tomoyo
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95 Dear Tomoyo chan,
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96
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97 Nihao! Thank you so much for your letter. I have been studying
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98 Chinese, and it is soooo hard. It looks like kanji, but is very
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99 different. It's like being back at Tomoeda Elementary all over again.
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100 Even English wasn't this hard. So, it was great to get your letter
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101 and read someething in Japanese.It really is nice to hear from you.
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102 Oh, I forgot to say that Nihao means Konichiwa. This is one of the
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103 few words in Chinese that I know.
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104
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105 I am still in a daze after the wedding and honeymoon. Your dress was
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106 so beautiful, and I got so many compliments. Thank you for working so
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107 hard on it. It must have been so much work, especially with all those
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108 bows. Syaoran-chan liked it too. He said it saved a lot of money.
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109 He's always thinking about finances these days, and I guess that's
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110 important now that I'm out on my own. Anyway, I was worried when I
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111 didn't see you at the wedding reception, but Father told me you were
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112 not feeling well. So, that's why I sent you my bouquet. I wanted you
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113 to have it, just like Sonomi-sama got my Mother's bouquet. I thought
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114 the sakura blossoms and roses would go nicely with the nadeshiko
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115 flowers in your little box.
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116
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117 Remember when we found the shield card in your box? I still remember
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118 how mad Kero-chan got when he thought he was missing out on the cake.
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119 He says Chinese deserts are not as good as those in Japan. I don't
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120 really have much time for the Cards these days, what with housework
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121 and all. It is a big house, and I am trying to help as much as I can.
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122 Syaoran-chan is working hard at the family business. I thoought I
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123 might find a job there too, but he says I really couldn't do much,
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124 which is true, I guess. So, I do a lot of dusting, and cleaning, and
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125 washing. Maybe I could use the Erase Card to help out! Syaoran-chan's
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126 Mother does most of the cooking. I did a big family meal last week,
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127 but I don't think it went over too well. I guess his family is not
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128 really used to Japanese style cooking. They were much to nice to say
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129 so, of course, but there were a lot of leftovers. Tomoyo-chan, do you
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130 know much about Chinese-style cooking? Maybe you could send me a
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131 recipe that's not too hard, or some tips on what to do, if that
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132 wouldn't be too much trouble?
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133
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134 Do you remember the Li mansion from our trip before? Most of Hong
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135 Kong is very crowded, but we live on Victoria Peak, which has fewer
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136 people. Much of the city is surrounded by hills and mountains, though
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137 parts in the north are flatter. Sunrise on the Bay is quite
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138 beautiful, with the little junks bobbing on the water and the sea
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139 birds circling in the sky. With spring almost over it's getting very
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140 warm, and sometimes the pollution is so bad it's better to just stay
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141 inside. But the City is exciting, especially at night. Syaoran-chan
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142 and I went out dancing last week at a big Disco. It was really nice
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143 of him, because he is so tired from work all the time.
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144
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145 I was very happy to hear about your job. I'm sure you'll make a
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146 wonderful designer. The costumes you made for me were always so
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147 interesting. It's funny, but now I sort of miss wearing them. I never
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148 knew what you would come up with next. But I'm so glad you're happy.
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149 And I'm glad that you're still singing. I always felt so peaceful
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150 hearing you sing. Do you think you could send me a cassette tape of
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151 your singing? If it wouldn't be too much trouble, that is. I 'd like
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152 to hear you sing again.
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153
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154 It certainly sounds like a lot is going on at Tomoeda. Chiharu-chan
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155 and Yamazaki-kun should make a wonderful couple. Yamazaki-kun is so
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156 smart, and knows about so many interesting things. And that is so odd
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157 about Naoko-chan seeing Nakuru-san like that. Umm, I think they must
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158 just be very good friends, don't you? Oh, and I heard from Oniichan
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159 just the other day. He calls all the time, and writes every week.
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160 He's always teasing me about something. I'm not sure what you mean
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161 when you said in your letter about ignoring what he has said about
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162 you recently. It's funny you should mention that, because about a
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163 week after we announced our engagement, Onnichan said he wanted to
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164 have this serious talk with me about something. I was really nervous,
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165 I thought he might want to talk about, umm, what married couples do
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166 and things like that. But all he said was that you love me. I told
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167 him I knew that, and he got really mad. He was practically yelling,
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168 "No, baka, she really loves you!" Well, of course you do, you've
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169 always been my best friend. Does he think I don't know my best friend
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170 better than anyone in the whole world? I think he was just so upset
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171 about Li-kun. But I'm sure you're right; he'll get to like him in
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172 time. And I don't think he spilled his drink on Syaoran-chan at the
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173 wedding on purpose, do you?
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174
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175 Tomoyo-chan, being married is really wonderful! I'm with my one true
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176 love almost all the time. I'm really so very very happy. Someday I
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177 hope to come to your wedding. Are you seeing anybody that you like? I
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178 was sort of thinking that maybe you and Eriol would make good
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179 friends. I think maybe he even likes you, because he was always
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180 watching you. Just a thought. I know you told me that what you most
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181 want is for your special love to be happy, and I'm sure that if he is
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182 loved by you he must be very happy, indeed.
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183
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184 I really miss you, too, Tomoyo-chan. I could never have a better
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185 friend than you. I already told Syaoran-chan that if we have a girl,
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186 I'm naming her after you. He was kind of grumbly, so I told him he
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187 gets to name the boy. Aiyaa, but it's not like we are having a child
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188 anytime soon! I mean, not that I know about. But I guess you never
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189 know about these things. Anyhow, thank you again for your sweet
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190 letter. I think about you when I see the soft, pale light of the
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191 moon. It reminds me of my beautiful friend back home.
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192
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193 Sayonara,
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194
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195 Kinomoto Sakura
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196
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197 PS- I enclosed some pictures for you. There is Syaoran-chan and me
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198 on our honeymoon at the pool of the hotel, and Syaoran-chan and me on
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199 bicycles we rented, and Syaoran-chan and me in front of the house.
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200
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201 PPS- What is an atelier? I couldn't find the word in my dictionary.
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202
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203 PPSS?- Kero sends his love, and Syaoran-chan sends his regards.
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209 Dear Sakura-chan,
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210 I’m very happy that you received my letter well and that
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211 everything seems to be falling in place for you. I knew that you
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212 would be just fine in Hong Kong, what with a new husband and
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213 your entire life ahead of you. I know many wondrous surprises
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214 must await Sakura-chan in her new life. Thank you so much for
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215 sending me the pictures. I’ve watched all of my videotapes through
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216 again, so it was nice to see some new images of you. I have them
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217 framed on the nightstand next to my bed. You looked so joyous on
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218 your honeymoon. I gazed at your smile for hours after I found the
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219 enclosed pictures. I don’t think I’ve ever seen you that happy
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220 before. I’m so pleased that Li-kun can bring out that sweet smile in
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221 you. It always makes me happy to see you smile, so I’ll keep the
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222 pictures very close to me. That way I will know that my sweet
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223 Sakura-chan is happy out there in Hong Kong. I would love to see
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224 anymore pictures if you ever accidentally order extra prints.
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225 Gomen nasai! I guess I’ve been thinking about the old days
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226 too much recently. An atelier is a magician’s workshop, a place to
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227 refine their magic and to write about their accomplishments and
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228 their work. I was in the library and I started thinking about Sakura-
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229 chan with her own atelier and I thought it might be nice for the
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230 world’s most powerful magician to have her own. But it sounds
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231 like you’re already so busy with everything else. Yes, I think that
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232 you should definitely use your magic around the house. I’m sure
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233 the Sakura Cards would love to help their mistress clean house. It
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234 reminds me of when you couldn’t come to our picnic because of
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235 your chores. But now I’m an ocean away so I can’t just stop by to
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236 help.
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237 I’m sure you’d make such a cute housewife cleaning up with the
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238 Sakura Cards. And I’m sure Kero-chan would love to offer his help
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239 as well, if he’s not busy trying to eat you out of house and home.
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240 Please give him a hug for me. And give Li-kun a kiss filled with
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241 your love.
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242 I’m so sorry to hear about the troubles you’ve been having.
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243 But I know that if you believe in yourself, you’ll manage to
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244 overcome anything. Nothing ever stood in Sakura-chan’s way for
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245 long. With a little work, I’m certain that you’ll learn Chinese
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246 quickly enough. Just remember, don’t let yourself get too nervous.
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247 It’s like when you were cheerleading. Sakura-chan was the most
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248 graceful, nimble cheerleader when she was throwing herself into it,
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249 but whenever you started thinking about other things or started to
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250 get nervous you would have a lot of difficulty. I still think you
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251 were cute when you would make little mistakes like that, but that’s
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252 not the point. The point is that Sakura-chan will look cute no
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253 matter what she does. Wait, that's another point altogether. The
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254 point is that you will undoubtedly work everything out if you give it
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255 your all. Please remember that you’ll always have my love and
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256 support, no matter what happens or where you are.
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257 As far as the cooking goes, I’ve enclosed several recipes
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258 that I looked up and one that I always enjoyed. I went to our chef
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259 and asked her to explain it all to me and went through it step by
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260 step so it should be easy enough to make. Li-kun’s family seems
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261 very warm from what I remember, or at least interested in cute
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262 things, so Sakura-chan should have no problem. Li-kun’s mother,
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263 Ieran-sama, seemed to be rather strict, but she was a very
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264 perceptive woman. I had a chance to talk with her while you were
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265 saving everyone else back in our trip to Hong Kong. I was
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266 surprised she had picked up on so much. Please don’t let her
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267 intimidate you. She really is a wonderful woman underneath it all,
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268 even if Li-kun seems a little scared of her.
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269 Thank you so much for sending me your bouquet! I wish I
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270 could have been there to catch it, but I started to feel a very sharp
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271 pain near the end and had to leave. I’m eternally grateful to be able
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272 to hold it close to me now. It really is beautiful, just like the
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273 bride. I’ll keep it safe in my little box right next to your mother’s
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274 bouquet and the eraser you gave me when we first met. The flowers
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275 really do compliment each other. I think that it fits perfectly. You
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276 and your mother seem to share the same fate the same way that I seem
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277 to with my mother. You and Li-kun looked very happy together.
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278 I’m really so sorry that I couldn’t be there for all of your wedding.
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279 I tried and I told myself that I would stay, but I just wasn’t
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280 feeling
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281 well enough at all near the end. If I can ever make it up to
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282 you, I will do all in my power to, Sakura-chan. I’m sure it was all
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283 lovely. Touya-san videotaped the rest of it for me, but I have yet to
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284 watch it. I guess I’ve just been too busy.
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285 Hong Kong is such a beautiful place. So it’s the perfect
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286 place for Sakura-chan to live with her beloved. You must be so
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287 happy there. I was watching ‘Sakura-chan’s Trip to Hong Kong’,
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288 the video I took when we went all those years ago, and it was
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289 absolutely stunning. I can just imagine Sakura-chan living there
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290 now. I hope it’s even more wonderful. I wasn’t really paying
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291 attention to the scenery all that much at the time, although it made
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292 a
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293 wonderful backdrop. I’m glad that the city is exciting enough for
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294 you. It’s all so much bigger than Tomoeda so there must be much
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295 more to do. I can see you and Li-kun dancing in my mind. That
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296 does sound like fun. Mother knows of a restaurant near here with a
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297 very nice dance floor. I’ve gone with her several times and I
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298 always like watching the people dance. I hope Li-kun has more
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299 free time soon to take you out more. It sounds like Sakura-chan
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300 really enjoyed herself.
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301 Sakura-chan misses my costumes? I giggled when I read
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302 that. You always looked so embarrassed when I’d unveil a new
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303 costume for you. But you always wore them for me. Thank you for
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304 putting up with the constant wardrobe changes. You were always
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305 my inspiration. I had actually started designing costumes for you
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306 four months before I found out you were a magical girl. That’s how
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307 I had a van full of them by the next night. Most of them were
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308 already finished, it’s just that I finally had an excuse to get you
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309 to
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310 wear them. You really did look cute in all of them. I still have one
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311 of your costumes half finished on my desk. I should put it away,
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312 but I haven’t had the heart to. It seems to cry out for me to finish
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313 it, but I can’t quite get myself to work on it. Maybe I’m not meant
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314 to
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315 finish it. It does make a good reminder of things for me. I haven’t
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316 really videotaped anything recently either. You were always the
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317 most beautiful thing for me to videotape, so there hasn’t been a
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318 reason to. I put my camcorder and a few other old things I don’t
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319 need anymore up in the attic. If you do wind up pregnant anytime
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320 soon, I can always send it to you so you can videotape everything.
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321 I’d love to see you throughout your pregnancy and when you finally
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322 have a child. I still have my old videos of you, so I can always
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323 watch them
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324 if there isn’t anything new to videotape. So please just ask me if
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325 you need it. You’ve seen me videotape enough that I’m sure
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326 Sakura-chan would be a natural with it! And you would make such
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327 cute home movies. I know it.
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328 Work has been busy as of late, but it can’t be helped. Our
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329 new doll needs to be out in the next few months so I need to finish
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330 my final designs on her. Mother tells me not to worry about it, but
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331 I’m just glad to be able to work on it. It’s fun to toy with
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332 different
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333 ideas and sketches and talk to all of the people working on the
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334 project about what would or wouldn’t work for the doll. I’ve
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335 already changed the design several times, but now I’m mostly
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336 refining it. I’ll send along a copy of my latest sketches to see what
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337 you think. Again, I’m sorry if she looks too much like Sakura-
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338 chan. I’m still trying to decide what to do with the hair, so that’s
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339 not quite the final look of the doll yet.
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340 This letter’s going to be heavy with all of the things I need
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341 to send! I’ll have to start shipping Sakura-chan’s letters off in
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342 boxes. I added the cassette tape you asked for. I haven’t sung in
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343 front of anyone for quite a while now, so I found myself getting a
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344 little nervous when I made it. I’ve only been singing to myself
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345 lately, so it’s different knowing that Sakura-chan will hear it
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346 sometime after she gets this letter. But after I got into singing, I
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347 think it went by much too quickly. It was nice to have someone to
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348 sing for. I tried to add all of the songs I know that you like. The
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349 last one is a little sad, though, but I thought it was a nice ending
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350 to
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351 the tape. I really hope you like it!
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352 I wish I could help more with telling you what is going on
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353 here in Tomoeda, but I really don’t know for sure other than the
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354 few times I’ve met up with the others in a shop or from hearing
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355 what someone else said, so I guess you’ll have to rely on Touya-
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356 san mostly for that. I’m really not sure what is going on with
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357 Nakura-san and Naoko-chan, but it would be nice if everyone’s
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358 finding their special someone. I’m glad that Touya-san’s keeping
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359 in contact with you. He’s a very good big brother. Hai, I think
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360 Touya-san was just worried about the wedding when he said all that.
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361 Don’t
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362 worry about it. Sakura-chan will always be my best friend so
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363 there’s nothing for him to worry about. And Touya-san and Li-kun
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364 are both very protective of you, Sakura-chan, so that is probably
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365 what causes most of the conflict between the two of them. When
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366 Touya-san sees how happy you are, he’ll have to realize how good
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367 you and Li-kun are for each other, just like I always knew you
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368 would be.
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369 It makes me so happy to hear that you’re enjoying married
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370 life so much. You make such a wonderful blushing bride and Li-
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371 kun makes a perfect husband for you. This is what I always
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372 wanted, to know that Sakura-chan was happy and taken care of
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373 by her true love. I would love for Sakura-chan to come to my
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374 wedding, but I’m not sure if I’ll be having one. I’m just content
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375 knowing that my love is out there happy, even if I can’t be with
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376 them. Thank you for your suggestion, Sakura-chan. I’m glad
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377 you’re thinking about me. Eriol-kun and I do have a few things in
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378 common, but I think he understands that we wouldn’t work out in
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379 the end. And I believe that he left with Mizuki-sensei as well, so
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380 I’m sure they’re quite content back in England. Please don’t worry
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381 about me. I’ve never been any good at relationships. And I’ve been
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382 keeping rather busy with work and all as it is.
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383 I am very honored, Sakura-chan. Arigato gozimasu! I
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384 would love to know that you had a daughter named after me. You
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385 always were an amazing best friend. And I hope we always can be.
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386 I hope that you and Li-kun are blessed with a child, boy or girl,
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387 sometime soon. I know you would be a perfect mother. Your
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388 gentle, warm heart would truly help with rearing a child. And
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389 thank you again for thinking about me. It makes me happy
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390 knowing that we may sometimes be thinking of each other at the
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391 same time, even across the ocean.
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392 Thank you for writing me back so quickly, Sakura-chan. I
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393 always look forward to hearing from the cute Card Mistress. I was
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394 so thrilled to receive your letter. I can almost hear your voice when
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395 I read through it.
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396 If I don’t finish this up, I’ll be late for work! I’m sending
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397 along the cassette you asked for, several Chinese recipes, and the
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398 design for the doll I’m working on. I hope that everything is
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399 perfect for Sakura-chan!
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400
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401 Your eternal friend,
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402 Daidouji Tomoyo
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403
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404
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405 Dear Tomoyo-chan,
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406
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407 Thank you so much for your wonderful letter, and all the things you
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408 sent. I'm sorry it took almost a week for me to reply. I was sort of
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409 busy, and a lot of things have been happening. I was also very tired.
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410 But now, I have so much to talk to you about that I don't quite know
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411 where to start. I guess I'll start with that. Tomoyo-chan, I am so
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412 happy to have you to write to! There really is no one here in Hong
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413 Kong that I can talk to the way I can talk with you. Poor Syaoran-
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414 chan is so busy at work that he usually goes straight to sleep when
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415 he comes home. When we do have time to talk, well, I do most of the
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416 talking and he does most of the listening. He really never did talk
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417 much, as you probably remember. And I know that a lot of what I want
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418 to talk about is silly, though he is always very nice about putting
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419 up with me. Sometimes I talk with his sisters, and they are a lot of
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420 fun, but of course there are things I cannot tell them about. Then
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421 there is Ieran-sama, but I will mention this later.
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422
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423 Thank you thank you thank you for the wonderful recipes and all the
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424 cooking tips! I made dinner for the family last Tuesday and this time
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425 there were almost no leftovers at all. I was very nervous with the
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426 new dishes, especially the shredded pork, but with all your helpful
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427 hints and loving support I felt as if Tomoyo-chan was at my side the
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428 entire time. I got many compliments, even one from Ieran-sama. When
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429 she asked me where I got the recipes, I told her they were from you.
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430 She said, "Ah, that explains why they are so good." I think she
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431 remembers you fondly.
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432
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433 Oh, and I have enclosed a picture of the main dish, so you can see
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434 how it turned out. Doesn't it look yummy? I am very glad you enjoyed
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435 the pictures I sent. I felt sort of sad that you put your video
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436 camera away. It seems odd to think of you without it. Anyhow, they
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437 say here in China that a picture is worth one thousand words, so I
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438 decided to buy a camera and make my letters longer. I went shopping
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439 last weekend and bought a Japanese camera, a Canon, and the price was
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440 very low compared to back home. Syaoran-chan helped me to figure out
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441 how it worked. Unfortunately I ruined a few rolls of film before I
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442 got the hang of it. So from now on, I will try to have pictures so
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443 you can see what is going on with your friend from accross the seas.
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444
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445 I'm so happy that you liked the bouquet from my wedding. Hopefully
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446 someday you will be able to see the whole wedding when you watch
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447 Touya's videotape. Unfortunately, he isn't very good at videotaping.
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448 There are a lot of shots of me in his film, but not many of Syaoran-
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449 chan. Tomoyo-chan, I wanted to ask you about your not feeling well at
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450 my wedding. I was really scared when you talked about a "sharp pain".
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451 Are you OK? Have you seen a doctor? Is it anything serious? Please
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452 tell me the truth about this. I have been worried about you ever
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453 since I read that. I almsot called you. If anything were to happen to
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454 you, I don't know what I would do. Please take very good care of
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455 yourself. Even though you are far away, you are so important to me,
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456 and I think about you often. Oh, and why is there an eraser in your
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457 box of special things? I vaguely remember giving you an eraser when
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458 we first met. I thought you were so very pretty, but looked so lonely
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459 on your first day in class.
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460
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461 Someday I would like to go to that restaurant by your house with you
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462 and your mother and Syaoran-chan. Then you could watch us dance! I'll
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463 bet Sonomi-sama is a wonderful dancer. Does she ever dance there?
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464 Tomoyo-chan, I'll bet you would be a wonderful dancer, too. When I
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465 went to buy my camera, I had lunch in a hotel restaurant. It was very
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466 high up and overlooked a large dance hall. There was a ballroom
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467 dancing contest going on, and all the couples were swirling around so
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468 beautifully down below. With their gorgeous dresses and elegant
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469 dancing I thought of you. Aiyaa, I guess you are not the only one
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470 thinking of the old days lately, ne? To tell the truth, I am thinking
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471 about you a lot for some reason. That's why, even though I am still a
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472 bit sleepy, I wanted to write to you before another day was gone.
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473
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474 Oh, please don't worry about me, though. Let me tell you why I am so
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475 tired lately. After reading your letter, I thought it would be fun
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476 just to talk to the Cards, because it has been such a long time. But
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477 when I finally found the box and opened it up, some of the cards had
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478 gone to sleep. It was very surprising, and I felt bad for ignoring
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479 them for so long. I have been using my magic to wake them all up, and
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480 am all finished except for Fight and Power. I saved those for last
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481 because it will be exhausting to wake them up. I thought perhaps
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482 Sleep or Dream were behind everything, but when I talked to them they
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483 said they did not do anything, and the cards have never lied to me
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484 before. I spoke with Kero about all this, and he seemed puzzled.
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485 Well, I suspect it is because I was ignoring them for so long. I will
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486 try very hard to talk with all of them more often. So, there is
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487 nothing to worry about with me being a little tired.
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488
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489 I thought the drawings of your doll were very pretty. And so many
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490 different costumes! I'm sure you'll think of a beautiful hairstyle
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491 for her. You always did such wonderful things with your own hair. It -
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492 does- look like me, but I guess that makes sense, since I was always
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493 wearing your designs. Daidouji Toys is very lucky to have such a
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494 wonderful designer working for them. I would love to have a doll when
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495 they come out, so I can show everyone here what my best friend does
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496 back home.
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497
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498 As for Irean-sama. Tomoyo-chan, I don't think she likes me very
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499 much. Syaoran-chan says she is still mad about our getting married in
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500 Japan without her permission. I know I do a lot of things wrong, and
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501 have much to learn about being a good wife. She is critical, and I
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502 know that she is like this because she wants the best for Syaoran-
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503 chan and the family. . I know that if you say she is a good person it
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504 must be true, because Tomoyo-chan knows more about people than
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505 anyone. But when she does look at me she seems so angry, although
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506 when I was cooking the shredded pork dinner she looked at me as if
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507 she were very sad, and felt sorry for me. I don't know what to do but
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508 try my very hardest to be a good wife, and hope that someday she will
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509 like me just a little. I do wish you were here with me. I always felt
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510 so much better when I could talk with you about things like this. I
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511 miss you, Tomoyo-chan.
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513 I got a very sweet letter from Naoko-chan. It was so odd, because we
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514 were just talking about her. She is attending Tokyo University, and
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515 is sharing an apartment in the city with Nakuru-san. She is doing
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516 well, making straight A's, which is what you would expect. She was
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517 always so smart. She said she got the apartment because there was
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518 some gruesome murder there, and hoped it would be haunted. Hoeee! She
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519 also said she is very much in love with Nakuru-san. It is sort of
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520 confusing, but I was glad to hear she is so happy, and seems to have
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521 found her special someone.
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522
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523 Tomoyo-chan, this reminds me that there is something I wanted to
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524 talk with you about. I know you said to me once that what makes you
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525 happiest is knowing the person you love is happy. But Tomoyo-chan,
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526 don't you think that person would be even happier knowing that you
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527 loved them? I have never known anybody quite like you. I always
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528 thought you were the kindest, smartest, sweetest, prettiest, most
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529 talented person I've ever met. If I was the man you loved, I would
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530 want to know that! It would make me so very happy to have someone
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531 like you. Do you think that maybe they do not love you? I can't
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532 imagine anyone who would not love Tomoyo-chan! You really should tell
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533 them, and you might be surprised. Just because you have never been in
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534 a relationship is no reason to think you are not any good at them. I
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535 was never in a relationship before, but now Syaoran-chan and I are so
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536 very happy together. So, I really think you should consider telling
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537 your special person just how you feel. Besides, I want to go to
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538 Tomoyo-chan's wedding and take pictures with my new camera!
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539
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540 And thank you so much for the cassette tape with your singing on it.
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541 Your voice is as beautiful as ever. It brings back so many memories
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542 of you. Please don't get upset, but hearing you made me cry. I guess
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543 when we were together, I always thought it would be like that. I
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544 always thought Tomoyo-chan would be there to talk with, to help me,
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545 and to cheer me up. Now that you are so far away, I know better what
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546 I have lost. I am so happy with Syaoran-chan, but I miss my Tomoyo-
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547 chan so very much.
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548 .
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549
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550 Thank you again for all the lovely things you sent.
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551
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552
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553 Love,
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554
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555 Sakura
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556
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557
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558 PS: Thank you for telling me what an atelier is |
