How it opens
You were fifteen, a Greek of Claudiopolis, and the whole province had been sweeping roads for a month.
The emperor of the world was coming east, and Bithynia intended to be remembered for its hunting.
MastorKeep behind my right shoulder, boy, and do not drop the spear no matter what you see.
Choose
Do exactly as the huntsman says. A boy who obeys well is invisible, and invisible is safe.
Ask Mastor what the emperor likes in a hunt, and give him that and nothing else.
Watch the boar more than the emperor. Boars kill the distracted.