[step:Show $[a]_{e_1, e_2}$ is a homomorphism $F_{e_2} \to F_{e_1}$]
We must verify $[a]_{e_1, e_2}(F_{e_2}(X, Y)) = F_{e_1}([a]_{e_1, e_2}(X), [a]_{e_1, e_2}(Y))$.
Consider both sides as elements of $\mathcal{O}_K[[X, Y]]$. They have the same linear part: the LHS has linear part $a(X + Y)$ (since $[a]_{e_1, e_2}(Z) \equiv aZ$ and $F_{e_2}(X,Y) \equiv X + Y$), and the RHS has linear part $F_{e_1}(aX, aY) \equiv aX + aY = a(X+Y)$.
For the intertwining relation, using the defining properties of $[a]_{e_1, e_2}$ and $F_{e_1}$, $F_{e_2}$:
\begin{align*}
e_1([a]_{e_1, e_2}(F_{e_2}(X, Y))) &= [a]_{e_1, e_2}(e_2(F_{e_2}(X, Y))) = [a]_{e_1, e_2}(F_{e_2}(e_2(X), e_2(Y))),
\end{align*}
and
\begin{align*}
e_1(F_{e_1}([a]_{e_1, e_2}(X), [a]_{e_1, e_2}(Y))) &= F_{e_1}(e_1([a]_{e_1, e_2}(X)), e_1([a]_{e_1, e_2}(Y))) \\
&= F_{e_1}([a]_{e_1, e_2}(e_2(X)), [a]_{e_1, e_2}(e_2(Y))).
\end{align*}
Both sides satisfy the lifting problem with $n = 2$, $L(X,Y) = a(X + Y)$, and intertwining series $e_1$ (on the outside) and $e_2$ (on the variables). By uniqueness in the [Lifting Lemma](/theorems/2391), they are equal.
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