Just for now, I've forsaken my usual habits and gotten serious. Don't get too used to it.

[he'll be back to being useless and frivolous as soon as he can. as soon as this problem's been worked on and straightened out. but with magic this old, this powerful? well, you need the best. and he is the best.]

But it really is interesting...if he wasn't so hidden away I'd be pretty intrigued at what's going through this king's head. What sort of things he knows.

[idle dreaming, that's what this is, as he takes his first break in who knows how many hours. and here he is, chattering away as though nothing had passed between them but a bit of time apart.]

It's very much - [he yawns into his sleeve to try and hide it from the watch.] - not a work for anyone who's not certain in what they're doing.