When I woke up, it was still dark outside. Either that, or I closed the curtains before falling asleep last night, and this castle had some really good blackout curtains. Since my alarm hasn't gone off yet, I assumed that it was the former, and tried to go back to sleep. I had agreed to take the first shift when patrolling the Empire's borders tomorrow, meaning that I was in for a long day of wandering around a frozen wasteland. I would need all the rest I could get.