
Polished the brooch and sent it back. This name's weight was always mine alone to carry.
I know that brooch. It's the first thing to catch the morning light.
Whatever comes from the Duke's house is always superb. The craftsmanship, at least.
I pay for my own name. That reckoning goes to no one else.

Polished the brooch and sent it back. This name's weight was always mine alone to carry.

Stood in the corridor three hours. Being called by no one seems to be the palace's new way of greeting.