Wordplay

"just over twenty minutes" Milo mutters as he checks his phone "better let the chef know" he says as he pulls his roast from the oven to check the liquid levels and doneness. He would return it to the oven after replacing the lid and reducing the heat further.

"12 minutes" Milo says as he goes to the chef's office to inform him of the imminent Verbum Initium.

As he would look his chef was in a meeting. Milo wouldn't disturb him just yet. Maybe if the meeting wasn't done two or three minutes before Verbum Initium.

Milo soon found himself puttering around the kitchen bored as he had did everything he could and still had time before the ceremony.

At three minutes to the ceremony Milo decided to interrupt the meeting. He'd go to the office to knock and open it. "Hey chef. Sorry to interrupt just wanted to let you know I'm about to do ...."

Milo never finished his sentence Verbum Initium had began