[ At some point, while Julius is working, which he presumably does with some frequency, Bastien knocks on the doorframe. He doesn't wait for an answer before he ducks into the office to place a bottle of wine on the desk in front of the Enchanter, then turns it so the label (decent, but not overly so) is facing him, adjusts the little decorative hay-string bow tied around the neck of the bottle, and adds a stone cup with a little lid next to it. There are spices inside, but. Lid. ]

It is a funny story, I think, [ Bastien says in the midst of these adjustments—finicky, like he's leaving a mysterious gift to be discovered in an empty office, rather than setting it up right in front of the man.

But does he look like someone who breaks into offices? Absolutely not. ]

Someone put the Vint prisoner's name in my box. Captain Flint drew him, but he said, ah. Absolutely not. To paraphrase. So I bought him a gift myself. But then he is in no condition to go shopping for the person he draws, of course, so—

[ So he could have just given Flint Julius' name and left Benedict to stare at the ceiling. But here they are. ]

The bow is from the hay in his cell.