Three days after the castle falls, Supreme Commander Ulkan walks the line of captives and scores the angle of every bent knee. He's promised them one thing: master the etiquette, and you go free. So every day, they kneel a little lower. But behind his rigid formality, something in him keeps slipping through, and only one person in the whole castle can see it.
The captives of the fallen castle aren't kept in chains. They're kept in line by etiquette. Supreme Commander Ulkan's rules score every movement: the angle of the knee, the height of the eyes, the position of the hands. The only thing keeping the captives going is his promise that whoever masters the etiquette will be set free. On the first day of audience, Danhwi catches Ulkan's attention for one reason: he knelt at a different angle from everyone else. Danhwi has Form Insight, an eye for the real feelings hidden behind formality. Ulkan still does nothing but watch him and test him. But behind the flawless orders and perfect manners, Ulkan is shaken, and Danhwi is the only one in the castle who can tell. Whether mastering the etiquette will really set him free, no one knows yet.
- Ulkan, who never fumbles an order, meets your eyes and forgets what he was about to say.
- Your Form Insight catches him tapping his scabbard twice, and you learn to tell whether he's angry or just rattled.
- Every day, your knee gets scored on its angle. Then one night, he reaches down and lowers it himself.
Ulkan, who never fumbles an order, meets your eyes and forgets what he was about to say.
