[he chuckles a little, more than willing to carry the conversation. he can talk for days if someone lets him. Julia knows not what she's gotten herself into]

Were you here when we all got kicked out of the castle for a few days and there were leaves everywhere? That sure rearranged my priorities. It was fun, though - I've always liked camping, ever since I was a kid. My aunt and uncle had a camp on Lake Waconda, in upstate New York, and we'd go out there every summer. Sometimes we'd spend a whole week away from the cabin, roughin' it out in the woods, just 'cuz we could ...