And he will die for him.
It's not in the job description, that's true. Then again, when he had signed up to become the Waynes' new butler, he hadn't realized many things.
Like that they all would be so nice, courteous and making him a part of the family.
Like that he would truly need to step in for Master Bruce when his parents were gunned down.
"Master Bruce," he calls him, yes. Again, he is his butler.
But he is also a man who cares.
This isn't his first death. He's seen death, done worse than just seen it. He's felt it to his very bones.
That's what death does. It comes in and swoops down, a bat in the night going unseen before biting in. Drawing blood and sucking out that life force.
He's got to take care of Master Bruce. So when they mention moving him elsewhere, he's torn. He wants to serve as guardian, he'd promised Master Thomas that he would if something to happen. There are no legal forms though, or so people think. It's a scary week, one where he goes to Jim Gordon and asks him what he can do.
It's a relief when the will is found. Alfred will take care of him, it says, and even in death, very few would dare go against the word of the Waynes.