Both Flowerworks and Steele's Smithy were closed today - why? Because it was a holiday. Given his occupation, Hadrian actually had no problem closing the shops down for the annual Flower Festival. He had planned to help his little sister run their flower stall this year - but the girl had refused! She could do it herself, she'd said, so here he was, milling around the town square trying not to look too obvious in keeping an eye on the young girl running the stall several meters away.