[CyborgMoses]

Dear Niefelheim:
How are you doing these days? Our glorious and exalted nation has been fine. We've had a little bit of trouble keeping to our budget, but then, doesn't everyone? At least the neighbors are nice. At any rate, we were wondering why you suddenly stopped sending messages in the gem trade we were negotiating. Was it something that we said? We've never gotten a bad response from "We'd be happy to sell you a hundred death gems" before, so we are thinking maybe it's something else. Do you have a cold? Make sure to dress warmly in those frozen wastes of yours! We have enclosed a scarf that we knitted (with our great and terrible magics). Please stay safe!

-Love,
The Mighty and Noble Nation of T'ien Ch'i