[A little grin plays on his face as he allows her to lead him. When they get to the floor, he walks alongside her until he gets to room 310, at which point he simply opens the door. He only locks it when he's inside, and yet, even then he doesn't do it too much.

This time is different; he has company. So he locks the door once Vivian is in, taking time to calculate his response.]

Well, let's see. The castle brought me in on my birthday, which is the twenty-fifth of April... annnd today is theeee fifteenth of December, so, almost eight months now.

[He was more bothered by the fact that this didn't bother him too much than actually being bothered by having been at Paradisa for two-thirds of a year.]