Before we start —

this isn't a test. There's nothing to get right.

I'm just going to ask you a few things, the way I'd ask someone across the table when it's late and we've both stopped performing.

Answer honestly, or don't answer at all. Take as long as you want.

— Melissa

Okay.

Give me a second — I'm reading this back.

Here's what I noticed.

You didn't come here for advice. You're not looking to be fixed. I don't think anything about you needs fixing.

There's a word I keep coming back to, for people who are where you are.

One more thing — only if you want it.

I write a letter for each symbol. The longer version of what I just told you, plus a few questions I come back to when I lose the thread of it myself. It's the one thing I'd actually want to send you.

That email doesn't look quite right.