5 May 2023, 17:33
A Question of Formality
My dear Mr. Kincaid,
It has long been a question of mine, and a long unanswered one as well... ahem... as to why you sign all of your notes and cards to me with such formality. Why, for example, do I always see the following:Love,
The hours I have spent contemplating this have been, embarrassingly, too many, so I have recently made a game of coming up with my own answers to the question. Do not fall prey to the mistaken belief that I do not wish to hear YOUR answer, dear Sir, as YOUR answer is the one that really counts here.
For your possible amusement, here are some of my ideas:
1. You forget you are writing to me. (NOTE: You are a dead man if you cop to this one.)
2. You subconsciously think I get so many love notes and letters from some, or many, "other" Simon(s) you must add the Kincaid so that I will know it is actually from you. (NOTE: I can neither confirm nor deny the validity of such a consideration, until....)
3. You are secretly taunting me with that which I so desperately long to have, but am not yet able to have. (NOTE: In which case you have a dark side heretofore unknown to me, but I am kind of in awe at the long game being played there if so.)
4. You have decided to toy with me just because... (NOTE: A dangerous gambit to be sure.)
5. You think your full moniker denotes giving me all of you, whereas a solitary "Simon" is holding something back? (NOTE: what a load of you-know-what... try again, Mister.)
6. Muscle memory. (NOTE: Once again, this one does not pass the smell test. I have seen notes you have signed to Aunt Maggie.)
7. I have not quite yet earned my spot in your very most inner circle. (NOTE: but... but...
)
It could be any number of silly things my overactive brain can imagine, and possibly something I cannot, but it would be just swell to learn the real reason straight from the's mouth, so to speak.
Until such time, I am, as always,
~your A. A. McCubbin
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@Simon Kincaid (aka the
's mouth) That is "Hay now!" not "Hey now!" if you would like to register any objections! 
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6 May 2023, 14:15
A Question of Formality
To my dearest, Miss AngelFyre Afton McCubbin,
Upon receiving and reading your letter of inquiry, I am hereby giving you my response. I cannot ensure that it will rightfully answer your questions in an efficient manner but I can most certainly make an attempt.
First, to recede momentarily from such formality, I must declare that my initial response was: Girl, why you gotta call me out like that?
That aside, I shall recommence.
First and foremost, it is my name. Fourteen some years ago, my mother chose such a name for me and placed it upon my birth certificate at the top, denoting that when one refers to a Simon Ezra Kincaid; that they are referring to my identity, my mind, my body, my soul. If I were to sign such correspondences as Solomon Lear or some other name, I would only cause confusion, for it is not me who wrote such.
And I digress a moment to let you know that the irony is not lost upon thee. That is, your formal letter asking of reasoning for my formality. That is why I present you with this current formal letter in response to your formal letter asking of my reasoning for my formality.
As for the truth of the matter, I suppose I can divulge to you matters of the mind and matters of the heart, especially when they are mine. You see, I am Simon Ezra Kincaid - in identity, mind, body, and soul. To quote American singer and songwriter John Roger Stephens, better known as John Legend, all of me loves all of you.
Hope this letter finds you well,
Be kind to one another. (*iNPC is Miles Thatcher)