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1 Dear Sakura
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2 by Amazoness Duo and G.P.
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3 amazonessduo@hotmail.com
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4 pearsong1954@yahoo.com
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5
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6 Dear Tomoyo-chan,
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7
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8 When angels descend and dreams come to earth, our hearts are touched
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9 with a heavenly fire. At your most lovely wedding, I was blessed with
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10 a greater happiness than ever seemed possible. There I saw a sight
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11 even the Seven Sages might envy: surely the two most beautiful brides
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12 to ever grace so solemn a betrothal. Sakura-chan was delightfully
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13 nervous at first, making a most exquisite blushing bride. But seeing
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14 her beloved, she glowed with a luminous ecstasy that seemed somehow
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15 out of place so far away from the Celestial Realms. Her happiness
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16 warmed the hearts of all who witnessed it, and left us with the
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17 precious hope that perhaps someday, some portion of such bliss might
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18 be ours. Mother once told me this is Sakura-chan’s true magic: that
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19 she gently touches the innermost feelings of all those blessed with
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20 meeting her. I felt that enchantment as never before when she gazed
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21 into the eyes of her adoring Tomoyo-chan.
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22
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23 How sad that all the great poets of all time, and all the great
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24 artists that ever were, could never hope to capture the resplendence
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25 of the unearthly woman I saw with Sakura-chan. Your loveliness had
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26 lingered in my heart since last we met, but so dazzling was the
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27 beauty before me that I could only stare, transfixed in wonder. Words
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28 are my sorry servants, who clumsily convey to you the sweet pain it
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29 was to gaze upon so gorgeous a bride. It is said that to view a
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30 goddess on earth is to be struck with a passionate longing that no
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31 worldly joy can quench. I have seen two such divinities, and if the
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32 price I pay is a yearning heart that will not heal, still I deem
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33 myself graced with the memories. When bride kissed bride, I was
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34 lifted on shimmering wings to a rapture beyond all care and pain.
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35 That moment shall be a remembrance: a treasure to carry for all of my
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36 life.
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37
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38 So, thank you for inviting me to your wedding. I was honored to
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39 attend as representative of the House of Li, and very much pleased to
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40 come as your friend. Please thank Sonomi-sama for her gracious
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41 hospitality. I was a little nervous at first, knowing there had been
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42 much hurt brought about by my family to yours. But her charming
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43 consideration as a hostess made me feel as if I were the long lost
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44 Daidouji Fanren. And thank you for taking me out with your family.
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45 That night of dancing was like a dream. I think your Mother is the
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46 finest dancer of us all, for she blends the energy and enthusiasm of
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47 Sakura-chan with the effortless grace of Tomoyo-chan. To be in the
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48 presence of such loveliness as the three of you was sweetly
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49 overwhelming, and an evening I shall always remember.
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50
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51 Please know that Syaoran-chan seems quite content in his new life
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52 with Meiling-chan. I would not mention this during my trip, lest it
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53 bring bad luck for your cherished union, but they are now engaged and
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54 shall be married next spring. Slow to forgive and slow to learn, he
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55 has finally come to see that all has been for the best, and that his
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56 ending will now be happier than ever he could have imagined. Though
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57 he will not speak the words, he knows you will give to Sakura what he
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58 could not, and in his heart wishes both of you well. Mother delighted
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59 in the video of the wedding, and my sisters are frightfully jealous
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60 that I went, which has pleased me to no end.
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61
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62 Thank you again for all your kindness and consideration during my
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63 visit. Finally, I understand the wise words in your letters, and
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64 seeing your happiness brings happiness to me as well. If ever a
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65 gentle heart deserved such bliss, it is yours, dear Tomoyo-chan. You
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66 and Sakura-chan will always be cherished in my heart. May your new
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67 life be prosperous and long, and may the blessings and joys of the
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68 Nine Heavens be with you all of your days.
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69
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70 Love,
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72 Li Fanren
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