He wrote the first letter on a Monday.
Not the first draft — he had been drafting in his head for three weeks, since the Argive delegation and Cassandra's warning had arrived within ten days of each other and the two things had settled together in his thinking into a single shape: *the time for quiet preparation alone is ending. The time for visible alignment is beginning.*
He had discussed it with Ampelos first.
Not to ask permission — Ampelos had no authority over what Lysander did with his supply role connections. But Ampelos had information about the regional relationships that Lysander needed, and the conversation had clarified several things he had been uncertain about.
He wrote the first letter to Lycia.
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