Disclaimer: Stephan Groomsman, Alanna, the Rouge and his court, the Wildmage, Mithros, and Kel belong to Tamora Pierce, not me.

Oh, Stephan Groomsman, you are loyal

in so many ways.

You worked in the palace before Alanna's

page days.

Who would guess that a man so good with

a horse

Dealt also with the Rouge's court?

Who would think Stephan, friend of the

Wildmage,

Work for George Cooper from such a

young age?

Why, in Mithros' name,

Would you having "tame" birds be strange?

You gave punishment to Kel and her peers,

And you still work for George after all of

these years.

Oh, Stephan Groomsman, keep up the good

work.

Oh, Stephan Groomsman, a henchman so

often overlooked.