"Ah, Warrior of Light! How pleasant. Might you have a seat, and we can talk for a while before duty calls!" He says, it's late, and he certainly looked like a man who had been working far longer than what was healthy.

His eyes sparkled with hope and exhaustion. It spoke volumes of a man who usually seemed so pulled-together and headstrong. But under all of it, under the smiles and sweet words, he was just as exhausted and weak as one would expect. Lucia most likely had to tell him to his manor. Which was a better solution than being found out by you.