Students are not obligated to remain glued to their professors. Gods only know Olruggio’s aware of that. If this were the Assembly he wouldn’t have thought twice about a wandering single apprentice - for if he did, he’d never get anything done - but the seabed for all its flaws was safe. Elsewhere, a child on their own is a concern.

That he’s around the age of the children in Olruggio’s care... well, that only makes him impossible to ignore.

The boy’s missing his hat - another worry, hopefully it hasn’t been lost - but his robes mark him out as a witch, so Olruggio wastes no time crossing the cobbles to him.