Emrys pursed his lips at her last comment. Stoic, indeed. He didn't know how to respond to that. This was the only way he could get through it all; he had to keep busy and detached or else he'd begin to feel overwhelmed. Getting into that felt dangerously close to one of those conversations he was trying to avoid having, though, so he didn't explain; instead he went backwards a step to what she'd been saying directly before.
"I wasn't sure you kept a full staff while you were at Hogwarts. I'm glad to hear they have it well in hand." He could easily have spared someone from his home to help with the tasks, but he felt that it might feel something like an invasion to have his people packing her things. They also couldn't be expected to understand the history or sentimental value behind any of Angelica's possessions when they hadn't worked in this house before.
"Of course, that's the next order of business," he continued briskly. "I expect we'll have some redundancies in the staff between the two households. Since household staffing is traditionally dictated by the lady of the house I will leave those decisions to you, but I should like to be informed if you intend to let any of mine go." Emrys was rather partial to his servants — they were all discreet, which was invaluable — but he recognized that this wasn't his territory as the man of the house, and that this wasn't a hill worth dying on if she was also partial to hers. Hopefully the servants she wanted to keep would be able to adapt to working in a larger house well enough.
"I wasn't sure you kept a full staff while you were at Hogwarts. I'm glad to hear they have it well in hand." He could easily have spared someone from his home to help with the tasks, but he felt that it might feel something like an invasion to have his people packing her things. They also couldn't be expected to understand the history or sentimental value behind any of Angelica's possessions when they hadn't worked in this house before.
"Of course, that's the next order of business," he continued briskly. "I expect we'll have some redundancies in the staff between the two households. Since household staffing is traditionally dictated by the lady of the house I will leave those decisions to you, but I should like to be informed if you intend to let any of mine go." Emrys was rather partial to his servants — they were all discreet, which was invaluable — but he recognized that this wasn't his territory as the man of the house, and that this wasn't a hill worth dying on if she was also partial to hers. Hopefully the servants she wanted to keep would be able to adapt to working in a larger house well enough.
Lou made this! <3