Letter from Charles Châtenay

Letter from Charles Châtenay is one of the letters in Red Dead Redemption 2.

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Mon Cher Ami,

I made it! I have the sun on my face, sand between my toes, and a beautiful vahine in my bed. The islands are everything I thought they would be... and more! You would not believe the light, and the colors, and the people here. So much brighter and more alive than anything or anyone in St. Denis. It feels like world away, which of course it is! You may be surprised but you are my only true friend from those dark, dreary days.

You did not ask for anything, you only gave. How perfect, how rare. I detest selfish asses more than civilisation itself. But what is civilisation really but organized selfishness? I must constrain my most primal and vital desires so you may be comfortable. Pah! No merci! This island paradise is what the civilised world would call primitive, but the people here are the most generous (in ways I may not put into words) I have met.

Why is this? Because they are free. I have never painted like I paint now. It is work the likes of which has never been seen. Before I sent this, I shipped some canvasses to New York to be sold. Perhaps, if you own that little scribble, it may be worth something now. Either that or laugh at my ineptitude.

Always yours,

CC