This is Izo reporting

This is Izo recording

This is Izo, easing into place

I'm Izo who's looking

Smelling everything that's cooking

Izo, ready to get him and leave without a trace

My orders, simple:

Kidnap the son

Knock him out swiftly,

Go on the run

Bring him to your homeland and

Start a huge war

That's what spies are for

I've been surveilling Terence, the duke's son

He's my assignment number one

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He's walking in the forest with some sort of pet

A red fox, and this isn't the first time they've met

Is the fox magic? Or is Terence magic?

Or am I magic?

No- that's lame

Will the fox be a problem if I try to grab him-

If I go to nab him will the fox be a problem?

If I try to take him will the fox try to bite me-

Will the fox try to fight me if I try to take him?

And Terence who's only a year or two younger could probably fight back too

And he's rich and he's probably had weapons training oh what am I going to do

Snap out of it Izo, they sent you because you could fake being his friend

And with your youth all your family is still breathing unless you fail in the end

So I'm-

Izo, thinking

Izo, blinking

And wondering what to do next

I'm Izo, stammering

Greetings over my hammering heart

And trying not to give away my subtext

"H-H-Hello, Terence. I'm Izo."