"Hah, probably a good thing, or else I think my body might not make it. I can handle a lot more than I used to, but I do still have limits," he shook his head, as if lamenting this fact, which he very well might be.

That earned the king a look, if only because it had not been the answer he was expecting. Even in his short time knowing the other, he had come to expect unconventional answers, but even that went beyond what he had thought the man would go to in terms of comfort.

"You are a strange one, Alexander," he chuckled. "But I like that."