After Breakfast\u2014Must find Kazhen and discuss matters of Markoren with him.\u00a0 (Is Markoren intentionally evading me, or is he forgetting?\u00a0 Should I discuss Markoren with him over breakfast?\u00a0 But what if Markoren is within hearing distance?)<\/p>\n
9 o\u2019clock\u2014Complete morning duties.<\/p>\n
11 o\u2019clock\u2014Daily walk in the garden.<\/p>\n
Luncheon with Ambassador today.\u00a0 Must remember to remain silent and not fidget this time.\u00a0 Kiryan and one of the Tokavskans have started looking at me strangely.\u00a0 If I act normal and remember Tomon is my priority, I will not make myself the fool again.\u00a0 (Am I the fool?\u00a0 Markoren will say something to me if he sees me writing this.\u00a0 He thinks I cannot keep track of things because I do not have brains, but he is not the one who can write.\u00a0 Oh, to have been the first son in my family.)\u00a0 And I will ensure Tomon is well taken care of and his needs are met.\u00a0 The Tokavskan servants insist I not help, but I worry that by not attending to Tomon personally during luncheon I am not being an adequate attendant.\u00a0 (I never would have met Tomon if my father had left me a decent sum in his will.\u00a0 I will do what I must to please Tomon because I rely on him to stay afloat.\u00a0 I should have respected our family servant more when I was younger.\u00a0 She did far more for us than I in my youth imagined.)<\/p>\n
After Luncheon\u2014I am to accompany Tomon to his meetings. \u00a0I must remember Tokavskan procedure and stay still.\u00a0 I will not fidget excessively this time. \u00a0Kazhen understands me and says I do my job well, and he says being in a new land requires some getting used to.\u00a0 (He and I became attendants at the same time, but I know Tomon favors him.)\u00a0 I wish I could remember all the procedures as easily as he, but I am so absentminded I must write down this schedule.<\/p>\n
Tidy My Quarters.\u00a0 I must do this today.\u00a0 I will do it today because I will not have time tomorrow.\u00a0 My section is so messy that Kiryan and even Kazhen are annoyed with me.\u00a0 There is no Tokavskan procedure that dictates how you keep your things.\u00a0 The servants expect us to tidy our own spaces.\u00a0 One of them said something about the state of my quarters the other day, but I do not understand enough Zheren to know what it was.<\/p>\n
Be Nicer to Markoren.\u00a0 After all, maybe he despises me because of how I am.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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