Strangers. Enemies of the kingdom. [ An awkward cough. ] Dust.
[ There was, memory kindly reveals, a less than exhaustive list of tasks set before the guards of Haggard's castle. Lir, for his part, can't imagine why. It was surely the sort of palace of ruins that many an unkind man would feel at ease claiming for their own. Sure... ly.
His eyes lift to the boy's again, soft. ]
You've never guarded, have you?
[ Someone who has might understand the aimlessness. ]
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[ There was, memory kindly reveals, a less than exhaustive list of tasks set before the guards of Haggard's castle. Lir, for his part, can't imagine why. It was surely the sort of palace of ruins that many an unkind man would feel at ease claiming for their own. Sure... ly.
His eyes lift to the boy's again, soft. ]
You've never guarded, have you?
[ Someone who has might understand the aimlessness. ]