[ Theo grins, even as the term 'Western' is all but lost on him. Oh no, now he's going to start talking about his family's long, proud military history. Please don't ask too many questions or he'll never stop. ] Yeah, I'm a soldier. Practically everyone in the family is, including Grandma Ceci. Not much fighting going on though, at least not in this generation — we're still rebuilding from the last war. That one was the nasty piece of work.

[ Fortunately he takes a hold of himself; or maybe he's just eager to get drinking. ] When you speak of it that way, farming does sound quite interesting. Guess I should use my time here to learn the ropes. Not much farmland in our area, but maybe further north...

So what do you do, exactly, that it takes up so much of your time?