That inquiry inevitably brings his train of thought back to the bad. "Mostly staving off the Enemy of the Free Peoples of Middle Earth." There are also some nice vinyards in Ithilien, but...well. "We've, ah, been engaged in war with a being of immense power for... Since forever. The Dark Lord Sauron. There have been some periods of respite, but few in my lifetime."

He's been trying not to worry about the state of things ever since he came to Baedel. Not that he's even sure if he can go back.