"I did." She's not dumb enough not to have at least examined it. She just doesn't quite understand the full point. Why reward and not punishment? What kind of reward? And what is the real angle for all of this?

"It says to steal something of value from someone else and leave it at the peach trees in the other village. If I do that, I'll be rewarded." Her jaw tightens as she watches the flames and when it looks like the letter is entirely burned, she starts to separate the pieces and bank the fire. "I won't do it. I've been trying to burn the letter instead, but it seems to have a bad habit of coming back to haunt me."