"Well, I haven't seen any princesses or dragons lately," he said dryly with a nod.<br/><br/>While Charlie gave him the boss act, Kael didn't relax. He looked haggard as ever still, but especially now he had the sharp focus back in his eyes, examining the man first, before glancing over the office. He didn't bother to take a seat. That wouldn't help him. Right now he needed to make consciousness as natural and little of an additional stress as possible until he had a chance to sleep. Between his subconscious seeming to want to be a more dangerous place than ever these past two weeks, and the fact that there were things to do, any sleep he might be able to fantasize about wouldn't be long. But this wasn't a new thing to him. He'd gotten used to charging his body up on as little rest as possible to keep him going as much as possible.<br/><br/>As ever, it tended to wear him out and leave him crashing afterward. But too often you just couldn't afford to take the safe alternative.<br/><br/>"So?"