DEAR SOPHIA,

AS THE TITLE SAYS, ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE YOU.

I AM YOUR FATHER AND THERE ARE 150 GENERATIONS BEHIND ME – THAT MAKES YOU AT LEAST #152. YOUR FAMILY CAN TRACE BACK ALL THE WAY TO THE TIME OF THE TROJAN WAR. TO ALL THOSE THAT THINK THAT THEY ARE GOING TO ERASE, OBLITERATE OR OTHERWISE DIMINISH MY ROLE AS YOUR FATHER HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO UNDERSTANDING OF MY DETERMINATION TO CONTINUE ON WHAT POSTERITY IS YOUR BIRTHRIGHT. I’LL SAY IT EVEN MORE SIMPLY – SATAN HIMSELF, ALL HIS DISCIPLES – IF THEY STOOD IN FRONT OF ME AND OPPOSED MY ROLE AS YOUR FATHER, THEY WOULD BE SWEPT AWAY WITH A WAVE OF MY HAND.

ALL THIS TURBULENCE THAT YOU HAVE EXPERIENCED IN YOUR YOUNG YEARS WILL BE MEANINGLESS IN THE BIG PICTURE OF LIFE. I CANNOT TELL YOU ANYMORE THAN THAT RIGHT NOW (READ BETWEEN THE LINES.) I WILL SEE YOU SOON!

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LOVE,

DAD