Mm. [a non-committal sort of sound.] I had Sebastian making efforts to set securities in place, because I didn't want-- [pause] I particularly didn't want Elizabeth to see these things. Nothing proved to be 100% fool-proof, and in the end, Elizabeth's taken her leave of Somarium.

[Maye it's because he's tired... or maybe it's because he's talking to a dis-embodied voice while he's sitting in a dark room... but he's being remarkably open. And perhaps, sounding a bit his age.] This is the first one in a while that anyone has responded to.. so perhaps they aren't completely a failure.