Eros had met him at the door. He must have experienced the same ritual that Draco's presence was requested at, for he had the blessed foresight to give Draco a very brief overview of what was about to happen. In broken English, the instructions were to kneel before the king, as he bestowed a gift. The gift was a blue-hued crystalline mask, glinting inside a dark wooden box. It reminded him of a masquerade, the way it glinted in the firelight, the flames dancing across the lucent, sharp cuts of the mineral, appearing like molten glass in his hands. The eye sockets were almond shaped and gaped with darkness. A vertical slit near the pointed chin offered breathing room. 