[ Before leaving and growing beyond the role of a farmhand, he would've only agreed with that reluctantly — what he values most is aiding others, and in a world overrun with monsters, tilling fields and watering crops just didn't seem like enough. Now, though, his features soften in a moment of thought. ]

There were parts of that life I didn't like, but it comes in handy sometimes. [ The skills he picked up then are the ones he's offering here, after all. ] I think... I can appreciate it more now than I used to.