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[center][b] The City-State of Bennipolis [/b][/center]
[center][b]Bennipolis[/b][/center]
[center][i]The 14th Eponymous Year of Athenakles[/i][/center]
Athenakles was about ready to head for bed when a messenger bearing the response from the Arbassians. Athenakles swiftly broke the seal on the letter and digested the content written on it. Athenakles was at least satisfied that the Arbassians had made contact with Valm. Furthermore, he did not expect the Arbassians to pick actual sides on this matter because they were in between Scylla and Charybdis: if they had sided with one side, the other side would have retaliated by means either of their military (Valm) or their navy (Bennipolis). Since the Ekklesia would not meet again until the next week, Athenakles decided to personally write a response to the Arbassians.

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To the Boule of Arbasses .

We have received your response to our letter of complaint against Alm. We would like to give thanks to you for contacting Alm about their trade with Tereridon. It is now up to the Almians to decide what to do next. We only asked the United Imperium of Alm to reduce the amount of arms that they supply to Tereridon because we fear what the Tereridonians would do with a modern military at their disposal. The Tereridonian royalty has already expressed their expansionalistic nature. We fear lest that the Tereridonians, when they have updated their military with modern weaponry, will see our nation as easy pickings and will therefore invade our lands. We fear lest they slaughter all our men and enslave our women and children, just like they have already done in the past to the Hellenes who had previously inhabited their lands. I even have a daughter. I would rather give my own life before I see her be a harlot for some Tereridonian prince. Therefore, we are only looking out for our own welfare.

May the Immortals be kind to you.

Athenakles

Basileus Eponymous of Bennipolis, sacred to lovely-haired Bennis.

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After Athenakles finished the message, he ordered the messenger to have a ship ready by the next morning so that the ship might launch in the morning and deliver his response to the Arbassians.