Syd pondered her answer by draining the last of his pint. "It's like having dozens of live-in patients, all with different needs, care requirements and responsibilities. He rationalized. "Even having the excellent team that I do, I have always liked to be involved in whatever it is I'm doing. Plus I have the administrative and financial situations on my shoulders." He wasn't that great at it, but he'd gotten better at it over the years. "Which thankfully Eavan helps me with." She had a good head for business, even if she wasn't always that good with people.

"Just the sheer size of it means something is always going on." He chuckled. Containing Stephen the emu, or making sure none of the creatures have fallen ill or injured, feeding and cleaning up after all of them. It was non-stop, which was good, Syd hated to be bored. But it also did make him feel like the responsibility of it all tethered him there and left him unable to step away.