His voice carried a quiet warmth. "It's alright to bend a few rules. It's not as if she would poison me."
Nnenna smiled faintly and moved to help him into his chair before taking the seat across from him.
Nanny, however, was not finished. She turned toward Nnenna, her tone respectful but firm. "Princess, I know you care deeply for your brother, and you must also know that we all do. Long before you arrived, we've been tending to His Highness with everything in us. But if you come in and undo the order we've built, it could cause harm instead of help. For the sake of your love for your brother, I ask that you follow the rules as they are, so things can continue as smoothly as they have before."
Hmm
Nnenna sighed, a faint guilt tugging at her. Staying close to Carl would make her investigation easier, but these protocols had been protecting him for years.
