Palantine didn't have much to do while the student were out. All rooms were prepared to be customised well in advance. And since the students were eating out there was no pint in cooking. So instead Palantine just helped Jamal with a little bit of gardening and then all the staff sat down for a game of poker in the kitchen. Eventually Palantine got bored of the exited clatter of the maids as they rattled on about this and that. Leaving the dishcloth behind he straightened his black suit and decided to join Lady Violetta with the students, it would be brilliant if he could learn a little more about each student as they would be forming close bonds over the course of the year.

Then Palantine remembered the strange boy from earlier, Dante. And he wondered if he really should join them. However his body had been given an instruction and Palantine glided swiftly down the the stairs into the square. Follow the noise he thought. He saw Lady Violetta in the store surrounded by students and appeared beside her. "Good day Lady" he smiled respectfully at her. He was taller than her, but he didn't mind. The fact that she could not overpower him helped remind him of his and her humanity just when he needed it most.