I fear you'll be sadly disappointed in my lack of guile. No, I mean that I tell stories that are important to me to people who are just as important. Perhaps part of it is the art of picking true guardians, but it's more that they're who I want to know me best.

[Whatever drowsiness was tugging him down into the pillow has been displaced now. He pushes himself up further.]

As for oaths, we have entire legal processes dedicated to dismantling them. What does an irregular soldier do?