"If that's the case, you can have free reign of the house. Probably can walk while you're at it, right?" He was issuing a bit of dry teasing humour, though he wasn't even certain where it came from. He wasn't one to joke around at all these days. "You are free to go wherever, just keep away from the windows so people around these parts are peering at you."

He tilted his head and squinted as if he actually had to think about the answer. "I've only been fishing for a eight months, so no, I'm not that good at it. I was born in a land-locked state and the only water was what came from a tap or the well." Look, he was trying here, and yeah, he was real bad at this fisherman thing.

He nodded, expecting that to be true. "Can't say I've heard many rumours about you or your kin. Must stay pretty hidden."