It is 300 BC. You are a Platonist. Your friend, also a student, has just been condemned to death by the Athenian Court. Write a letter preparing him for his last hours.

My dear Aias, For the first time in a long time I am lost for words, so there is some good news for you at least. I wonder is it will do any good to ask how you are feeling. I think it is probably obvious that you have many negative feelings. I propose then that we spend the duration of this letter meditating on what your execution implies so that you me be better …showed first 75 words of 2779 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2779 total…saying that I am fond of you, I love you like a brother loves a brother. I will miss you, this is true, but I am sure that we will meet again in another life. Perhaps your understanding will be more so than mine in that situation. If that is the case I certainly hope you allow a little knowledge to rub off on me. Goodbye dear friend, do not falter, do not fall, Neoptolemus.