The krites of Opsikion was asked to use better carriers for letters, as some might have been lost. Psellos would never miss a chance to work on their friendship, and though friendship with Psellos worked at a distance, a personal meeting was possible. The emperor might accept a request for home leave, but Psellos' bad legs immobilised him. The krites should care for Kathara, Kellia and Medikion, especially Kellia, which, he had heard, might be taxed. Psellos insisted in another letter too that Megala kellia was tax-exempt, to stop trouble from tax-collectors - which no predecessor had suffered. The krites' men listened to any slander, and a year before only Psellos' letter stopped them imposing tax