Oh, but he was a loud one, wasn't he? Rhys had so many thoughts and feelings about things that he just leaked them all over the place. Julian didn't even have to try and slip into Rhys' mind to pick up on what was going on in there. He openly broadcast everything. It wasn't even about him being a fledgling. It was just the type of person Rhys was. And Julian couldn't help but drink it in.
"Just fragile things some of us are," he muttered in reply to Rhys not thinking Joseph was coddling him. "And before you think it and make things—" well he didn't want to say worse but it was there in his own mind "—well, just before you think it and worry over it, Amadeus never worded it that way. Everything I'm saying is my own words and thoughts given the impressions and thoughts that I pick up."
It wouldn't pay to make either 'Daddy' mad at the other again now, would it?
"As for what perspective. The perspective of what it means to be tied to someone of the court in such a way and survive it. You're entering a pit of vipers." No matter how much protection the Marquess offered, Rhys was also becoming a target. Right now a very easy one.