[ Gregor takes this in with his characteristic attentive listening. ]

I can't say I'm unfamiliar with that conundrum. My favorite bodyguard as a child was a woman, but it had to be an unofficial posting. She was my mother's attendant or my babysitter-- she just happened to be able to wrestle the majority of the service to the floor.

[ Indeed, he sounds wistfully affectionate as he recounts this. ]