He can’t help it. He laughs and it comes out faintly bitter. “Oh, that would be amazing. Just five maybe ten minutes of a pause on everything?” Ten minutes to breathe. To process. To do something other than constantly move. He wouldn’t exchange this life for anything. Being a Paladin is fulfilling and gives him purpose.

“This place feels like that pause. Well,” He takes a swig of water and starts at the ice in the glass. “It did...But there’s more to do.” Again. He shakes his head and grins but it looks tired. “Can’t even take a day off saving the universe either. Not unless you literally can’t do anything else. But sometimes you do have to step away for a while. Take a mental break.” No matter how frustrating something is.

“Can’t always do that. But imagining it helps a little, right?”