“What is it you were looking for Sebastian?” Lau leaned back in his chair. He absentmindedly fiddled with his opium pipe, taking a few drags as the silence stretched on.

Sebastian stood as still as a statue, showing no signs of the sorrow that had brought him to Lau’s parlor. Lau could wait, no matter what Sebastian had come seeking. After all he could give pleasure to humans with a simple drug, how much more difficult could it be to ease a butler’s broken heart?