After the Fool came to Devin about being assaulted and threatened with a protection racket, he had anticipated a message arranging a time for Devin to meet Fitz. Whatever transpired between Fitz and the Fool threw that plan out the window, so Devin seeks out Fitz on his own. The Fool had mentioned he was working as a gardener, and since Fitz is still living at the Dreaming Bridge, he's not terribly difficult to track down.

Rather than approach Fitz immediately once he finds where his quarry is working, Devin spends a few hours in silent, distant study. He would like to know better who it is that he's dealing with before they speak, and he doesn't care if that gives him an unfair advantage.

Once he discerns that Fitz is done working, Devin sidles up to him with the bare shadow of a smirk on his face; a mask, to see just how easy it is to rile him and then make a point about it. "Fitz? I'd like to have a word," he says without preamble.