I suppose that I have been "here" awhile. I can't claim to know where it is, either. Mine apologies. I have been here a few months, give or take a week. Their calendar is unusual to me. You grow accustomed to the indignities and thankful for the small things. The thong offers better support and less chafing than the leather shorts, for instance.

[with the wine glass finally free from his hand, he assumes his usual upright square-shouldered posture.]

Drink all that you like. While we are here, within the castle, your fellow guard will watch over you. You can know us by our green cloaks. I don't trust the Mistress' guard personally, swathed in orange.