What could he tell him?
That he had safely arrived, and that he had a job?
That the job paid a hundred credits a day - ten times more than a man in his position could earn at any Earth job?
He went back to the writer again.
He wrote:
Just a note to let you know that I arrived here safely and already have a job. Not too good a job, perhaps, but it pays a hundred a day and that's better than I could have done on Earth.
He got up and walked again.
There had to be more than that. More than just a paragraph.
He sweated as he walked.
What could he tell him?