Handy stood against the wall with the other guards and servants. As an insult, Geoffrey had given orders that no servant was to serve Johan. Johan was not told this. Handy just learned it second hand, being the only one there who owed allegiance directly to Joachim first and everyone else never. Handy had been Joachim’s waiter and took care of the duties of delivery, cleaning, and the refilling of goblets. The servants got used to the bipedal armoured human taking dishes and wine jars from them through the night. Under most circumstances, he would have resented the servile position he had taken, but the tense air of the castle that he’d picked up on since arriving and Joachim’s outburst made him rethink his priorities and had resolved to do everything he could to help Joachim in whatever mess this was.