190.a Postcard Palm Trees

This postcard from Eric to Jen includes a postage stamp from Belo Horizonte, Brazil. However, Eric writes that his location is Valença, which is about 350 km south of Belo Horizonte. This makes sense, as Eric writes that he expects to find F.X.C. living South

Eric talks about the characters in a sort of bird-related code, in accordance with Straka, who names many characters after birds.

The mailing address on the postcard is blacked out, but based off of prior context, we can infer that it was mailed to the Pronghorn Café.

Eric signs the card “XO, E-“ Here, he must shorten his name to hide his identity. The element of secrecy restricts Jen and Eric’s relationship for much of the story. In relation to this, the photo on the front of the postcard pictures a path surround by tall palm trees. Seemingly insignificant, it is likely that Eric chose a generic photo in order to be inconspicuous.From S. By JJ Abrams and Doug Dorst (p. 190a)filename-1 2