"Boy, move where I can see you." Valetni commanded, and despite the weakness in his voice, the boy immediately jumped to do as ordered, nearly tripping over his feet in his eagerness to please. Valetni mentally sighed, surely he had been nothing like this one as an apprentice, thirty years ago. "Here, I have something for you." He said, reaching into his robes.<br/><br/>Withdrawing his To-Do List, Valetni flicked over to the next page and in a trembling hand wrote for several seconds. Ripping off the piece he had written, he folded it in half.<br/>"Listen closely boy," He said, holding out the To-Do List. "Until I'm back on my feet," He coughed. "You'll need to take care of this, any questions, don't hesitate to ask me." The boy took the To-Do List in both hands, staring at it in reverence as if he had been entrusted with the most powerful of daemonic artifacts.<br/><br/>"Now, here's what I want you to do." Valetni began. "First, you are to go to the Tanner, bring him here, do not come back without him, and I expect you back shortly, do you understand?" Valetni waited for the boy to nod before continuing. "Next, once you have delivered the Tanner to me, I want you to go to Brother Vernasus and give him this note, do not look at it, and if he asks you any questions, you know nothing, understood?" Another nod. "Good, Good. Once you've done that, I'll need you to go to my room, there should be some bleach on the ground and some tools out of order, if there isn't, make sure the Monkey is still there." He paused to cough several more times, each time a lance of pain from his throat to his gut.<br/><br/>"Finally, and make sure you do all this in order, I would like you to find Brother Wolfram, please inform him that I would like to see him at his earliest opportunity, but do no pester the man if he does not wish to speak with you, is that understood?" The boy nodded once more, swallowing. "Good, good, good." Valetni paused, the silence dragging out longer and longer. The boy fidgeted, obviously unsure as to whether he should stay or go. "You do a good job in this, boy, and I'll maybe see about taking you on as my apprentice in aspects other than cleaning." He growled. The boy's eyes grew wide, though it was difficult to tell whether he was horrified or overjoyed at the news.<br/><br/>"What are you still doing here?" Valetni demanded after several more seconds. "You have your task, move your lazy bones, I don't know why I ever took such a layabout on as an apprentice to begin with!" The boy jumps to, immediately, nearly colliding with another bed in the room as he made his escape. Though his words were severe, his tone had a playful undertone that may or may not have been lost on the apprentice. "If I ever let that boy near anything alchemical, he'll probably poison us all." He said as much to the apothecary as himself.