Ok, so during another rereading of the series, between Flag in Exile and Echoes of Honor, neither Honor nor Benjamin went anywhere without at least one personal armsman. Andrew LaFollet was always around Honor, even if she was simply moving from one office to another. And Benjamin always had Sparky in the room with him as well, although we usually don't see reference to Benjamin without there being someone coming to meet with him, so that could be a throwaway.
However, as I'm reading Ashes, Lord Mueller prior to meeting Baird and Kennedy was alone in his 'real' office, until his steward came to announce their presence. He instructs his steward to go put them in his fancy office, and which Armsman to leave to keep an eye on them, and cleans up his working office. He leaves (without an armsman), and goes into the room where only Hughes was watching the guests. Later on, Mueller is ambushed by the same Baird and Kennedy, again with only one Armsman and held at gunpoint to be forced into giving the memory stones to the Queen and Prime Minister.
So, Honor goes around, everywhere no matter whether she owns the building or not, with at the very least Andrew, if not her full three-man team. This despite the fact, that later on, she tries to go more discrete, particularly during the High Ridge government, rather than providing ammunition for politicial 'look how Admiral Lady Harrington goes around with bodyguards to show off her importance' accusations. Benjamin always has his personal armsman, even when meeting Honor for various reasons and times... but Mueller casually walks around his own home without any armsman, and even sends the one away to ensure guests leave without wandering.
Anybody else struck by how odd that seems to be? Especially since prior to being held at gunpoint, Lord Mueller had been described as "leading the push" to force Armsmen onto both of Honor's siblings, when they still thought Honor was dead, despite Allison NOT wanting that to happen just yet. I'm also sure I'll catch a few more oddities like this.
