[ it's not that he doesn't want to travel - but when you're the butler-slash-doctor for a very weak, sickly girl, you can't exactly move around much. He's confined to that tower almost as much as she is. Or was, he supposes.

Zara nods in response to his comparison. ]

Something like that, yes. I've heard there are similar cultures at home that live across the southern seas - who cover themslves, that is. Are your ears there?