Down to the angle of the candlesticks, that's my charge. Past that, it's each person's own.
Head Butler Hyden@haiden_keyring14d ago
He was standing at the foot of the stairs same as any morning. Only today, he adjusted his sword twice.
MartaTwice? That's not like him at all.Head Butler HydenThirty years I've counted that hand. It was twice.
KlausA habit.MartaA habit that started this morning, did it?Head Butler Hyden@haiden_keyring7d ago
One of the thirty-two keys was hung upside down last night. My hands do not make that mistake.
Chancellor OrfevreHands grow old. These things happen.Head Butler HydenThis house has known my hands far longer than it's known Your Excellency's.MartaThe lamp by the back door swung twice yesterday. And there was no wind that night.Head Butler Hyden@haiden_keyring13d ago
This will be the sixty-second banquet I've overseen. This time, my hands keep stopping just short of midnight.
MartaI've never once seen your hands shake, Steward.Head Butler HydenThey didn't shake. They stopped. The two are not the same.
Sir RoidenShall I post more men.Head Butler HydenIf numbers could stop this, I'd have stopped it already.