Yes, in the middle of a siege where we're distrusted and dealing with vastly superiors numbers, very easy! My admiration for your confidence runs high! I'd like not to see my husband's face in pain, ah, some consideration for an aged venerable soul here, good sir.

( a half smile, but he also thinks: he would not be the one to explain to the other man's wife of his injuries, even if she made it home last gateway, and he did not. she'll still know. it's the way of these things, he's fairly sure. )