"It's hardly a nine-to-five," Julian said, familiar enough with 'earth culture' to understand that reference if nothing else, even though he rarely left Arden for extended periods of time if he could help it. Since Marco was hardly an enemy informant even if he was from Chaos, he explained between picking at the food and drink. Besides, it would better to have a refresher in case Felix forgot.

"So being 'in rotation' means several weeks 'on' where you manage patrols, checks of the forest, and can be expected to be called upon at any hour. Mostly what you remember," Julian said with a nod to Felix. "And yes, several weeks 'off' duty between to keep from burning out. We're not at war at the moment, so it's a lot of drills and keeping in shape in the event one does break out and smaller skirmishes with individuals that have issues."

So hopefully easier to manage when your lover was on the other side of creation, in that case...