There are many countries around the world investing in their militaries. It makes me think of checkov’s rule, “if a gun is introduced into the plot, it will be used”

I’ve had a relevant quote in my head about this for a long time: “if Russia put down their guns, there would be peace. If Ukraine put down their guns, there would be no Ukraine”

Encode you message as the second letter in ever word. “Coded message” could be: “actually, your odd text added small fears as ester calls, egg deficiencies…”

In prison, you’d have plenty of time to choose more natural sounding words.