"Better than I have been in a while. The Darkest Vigil could have ended in a far more catastrophic fashion than it did."

But it did not, and just about all of the people whom he held closest made out of it alive. Not necessarily in one piece, but alive.

"There have been some... disconcerting movements, shall we say. But I believe you may have caught on to that just by asking around and updating yourself with the broadsheets."