We don't have gods. [But they're frequently named for them.] So our marriages are entirely about the well-being of our offspring. ...Though don't get me wrong, I do love my wives. All in different ways. And I suppose I must have done something right for them to choose me.

[He scruffs a hand over the back of his head.] I do that, too. But if I'm laid up? [Yes, he'd make an absolute pest of himself. He knows he would.]

We've actually been fixing up the inside of the building we moved into, so it's not all that bad.