The Apology Letters

TW-130 cannot be contained. Recipients are flagged and interviewed. Letters are collected for archiving. Recipients are universally described as feeling 'strangely comforted' by the letters despite their odd nature.

TW-130 is a phenomenon in which individuals receive handwritten letters of apology from people they have never met. The letters are precise about the offence described — events that did occur to the recipient — but apologise on behalf of causes, circumstances, and abstractions rather than people: 'I am sorry for the year it happened,' 'I am sorry on behalf of the specific configuration of events.' The handwriting is never the same twice. Postmarks are from cities the recipients have never visited. No author has been identified.

TW-130 was identified when 4 M.A.L.I.C.E personnel independently received letters on the same day. Cross-referencing the events described in each letter confirmed all described events were real but private. No shared connection between the 4 recipients was found.

No incident reports on file.