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I know Treviso is not the only place crying out for help. We are grateful for the Wardens you've spared us. While one of your medics remains in the city, we've slipped the others outside. They're bringing aid to the farmers, the stables—everywhere the blighted water spreads its poison and everywhere the Crows cannot reach.
Your notes on how to slow the blight around the canals have helped us within Treviso itself. I've drawn up a map of what it looks like now. If you can provide further insight, Viago and I will be further in your debt. Treviso—all of Antiva—will not surrender. It must be possible to survive this.
Please address your letters to "Teia" in your reply. I hope there is a world after this where we might simply write as newfound friends.
Corresponding letter, to be sent to Treviso:
Teia,
You don't owe us or any Warden a debt. This is what we do. We only wish it could be more. I've included suggestions for the canals and Antoine added notes for dealing with boils.
And it's no surprise you won't surrender. It's not easy, and there's already been sacrifice, but this isn't over. Antiva survived the Second and Fourth Blights in the past. We'll do all we can to help you through this one, too.
In War, Victory.
Your friends,
Evka and Antoine
Antoine and Evka,
I said the last letter would be the last, but I've got more questions.
When someone is blighted, does it advance slowly or all at once? What if the person won't stop working or getting into trouble? Won't that make it advance quicker? Is the progression all internal or is it going to be obvious? How long, if you had to guess? Is there a point when your secret Warden ritual will no longer help?
Neve has mentioned a thing or two about your Wetlands, so I know you've got your own problems.
Corresponding letter, to be sent to Minrathous:
Tarquin,
I wish we could give you easy answers. With the blight changed so much, we cannot promise things will go as we suggest, but our response will be as honest as we know.
How quickly the blight advances depends on the person and how severely they are blighted, but it's typically steady. It's more consistent when the person's general wounds are healed. Getting further blighted would likely complicate the matter, but nothing else should that we know of. There is little more you can watch for than what you've written us about already. We cannot give you a timeline, but it isn't years. I'm sorry.
As for the Warden ritual, there isn't a time when it's too late, but if the person doesn't survive it, then that is instant. We won't conscript the Viper. But if he wishes, we'll be here.
Sincerely,
Antoine and Evka