Psellos advised Katakalon Kekaumenos on life as a monk, having been intimate with him before. He also tried to reconcile him with the metropolitan of Koloneia, who complained about lack of support from Kekaumenos in dealing with his difficult flock. Psellos stressed the good relations between Kekaumenos and the metropolitan in the past and the continuing politeness on all sides now. He referred to his own role as the metropolitan's teacher and Kekaumenos' experience of himself as an ambassador for peace