The Upright Man is sitting facing away from his desk, and Thorn. "Sit down," a voice as calm and forceful as the ocean in fair weather echoes off the back wall of the dim office, lit only by a single candle on his desk. Thorn does as he's told, watching the elderly man feed his grey falcon, who's perched on the air of the boss's chair.
"I have a job for you," at this, Tiny hands Thorn an envelope addressed to Straker, his mentor.
"Read the letter, do what it says, don't ask questions." That last bit he added when Thorn looked like he was about to ask something...in spite of the fact that the boss clearly couldn't see him.
As Thorn is getting up to leave, the boss turns his head saying, "Oh and Thorn," Thorn stops, "be nice to the mayor."