"Okay." For lack of any better idea, and the deep-down need to obey someone's orders, Alastair agreed with a nod. "I can do that. I can manage that much. I'll check back in when the coast is clear, maybe at night. It doesn't seem like the security is any better or worse, then."

He paused, and then added with the slightest bit of friendliness, "I'm Alastair."