Rita carried her black Postman bag as she headed toward District 25, with travel money and some extra coins from Deceitful Bloom tucked into her clothes.
Along the way, she kept thinking about the idea of fairy tales and the role of a Postman. The more she thought about it, the more surreal it felt.
Letters weren't strictly necessary for this story, yet they gave birth to the profession of Postman.
Most fairy tales had a central theme: kindness, honesty, optimism, courage. As long as someone possessed these virtues, they would eventually gain worldly rewards such as wealth, love, or power.
Even the titles of fairy tales often revolved around the protagonist, like Snow White, Little Red Riding Hood, Aladdin.
But none of that was absolute.
Back in Card Swap, she had told countless fairy tales to Wrathful Moon. If she had to summarize what they all shared, it would be this:
A good ending.
Or at least, the story had to end at its best possible moment.
