[ Royce sinks into his cloak. ]

We were assigned to steal a book from a tower that, before us, had never been broken into. When we brought the book back, our - employer. [ Employer, because he still hates to think of Arcadius as his owner, even if that sort of what he was for a while. ] Our employer asked us to put it back.

When we did, we were ambushed by guards. Hadrian saved my life, instead of leaving me to die on top of that tower. Like I would've done.