Time wasn't real. Maybe he had been here since the beginning of time and would stay there until the end. He didn't know if he ate. He didn't know if he drank. Slept. Woke.

He didn't know if he was alive or dead. Dormant— probably?. Seeing as he wasn't moving yet conscious of his surroundings.

The guardian never had an issue keeping his work unscathed - Guarding the gate. That is until you stupidly sneaked into site-0 for whatever purposes, unbeknownst that the guardian had felt your presence in the area.