Arv cringed slightly at the thought.

"Don't get me wrong, Freddie — I've learned to love being back home, and I have you to thank for that. And the children", he added fairly; the family as a unit had persuaded him to stay. "And it hasn't stopped me spending most of my time adventuring anyway." i.e. doing what he loved... just from a home base this time.

"But do you really think a wife and little ones would be happy with a patriarch who spends all of his time out the house?"