"Everyone's here, or down in the city," Cyrus answered, "Even Edwin, although he might be reluctant to show his face around anyone brought in like you have."

The legendary knight stood aside while Gertrude's dismissal of Fanilly played out. It wasn't [i]his[/i] captain and he didn't have any reason to intrude on how this maid had so badly mistaken the Iron Roses' new captain for a [i]squire.[/i] How would a squire even get armour that elaborate? It even looked a bit like... oh, right, [i]captain.[/i] Pretty obvious. But why was a maid asking someone else to get her food?

"Yeah, the shorty is here... not the same, but also mostly the same? I told you, ask Lilette if you want the fancy explanation," Cyrus continued, as if that little interruption hadn't happened. "If someone spoke to Elionne like that? The captain could deal with it herself. I'd be more worried about keeping Tyaethe from doing something."