"I'll have to pick a good alias," he muses. "Something plain that he'll never suspect. Then when our battle culminates, I can dramatically pop up from behind a bush and go, 'Ah-HAH! It was me all along!'"

Beat.

"Also," more thoughtful, "I think living just outside a village would be nice. Enough space to run around, but no need to travel five days to see our nearest neighbors."