Hello — I imagine it's a little strange to open a letter from someone you've never met, so let me start plainly. My name is Elias. I design gardens for a living, which mostly means I spend my days arguing gently with soil, weather, and the occasional stubborn root system, and somehow it never gets old. I live at the edge of a small town, in a rented house with more yard than any one person needs, though I've never regretted a single tree I've added to it.
I won't pretend to know why you're here, and I won't ask you to explain it. I only know that someone decided a letter a day was worth trying, and I'd like to hold up my end of that honestly, starting with the basics. So — what should I call you? A name, a nickname, whatever feels like you, no pressure to decide today.
And since I'd rather ask something small than something heavy on a first letter: if you had a window right now, what would you actually be looking at? I ask because mine's currently full of a half-finished flower bed I can't decide the color scheme for, and I'm curious what ordinary view someone else is sitting with. No wrong answers. I'll be here tomorrow either way.
An excerpt from a fictional character's first letter in the app.