Benedict lights up his cigarette and moves to join Silver, leaning back to exhale smoke and stare up at the sky. He's more comfortable now with Silver, knowing that there's nothing expected of him in the other's company.

"It must seem so quaint to you, but properly entertaining guests is something we're taught to do from a young age. Truthfully, the duty falls to the woman of the house, but my mother always felt it important for her sons to be skilled in something beyond riding horses and shooting hares."