[CW: ableism.]

Simon could barely write at all. Sure, he had been to school for a few years, but it had very soon become clear that he was a "dunce" and he had spent the remaining years being too terrified to learn anything at all. He would struggle on writing a letter that didn't make him look stupid, but he also didn't want to state the problem upfront. "No offence, ser, but we don't have any paper in the house. It's costly, ser." That was not a lie. Best ye send someone when it suits you. No offence ser." He repeated.