'He has the disposition of a Noble Young Master…'
Neia also noted, with the quiet recognition of someone who had spent years in the Bleu household learning to read the motivations behind performed loyalty, that he was keenly watching her.
Not suspiciously. Nothing so crude.
He was watching her the way someone watches a puzzle they have been told they need to understand, because understanding it is the condition attached to a reward they want very much. He had been briefed by Karl, clearly. He knew that the aide was unusual. He knew there was something beneath the mask worth understanding.
He did not know it was Neia.
She was certain of this.
