[They way they met was much more violent, but that was many years ago. Now, Corvo remains royal protector, but he does much more than that. He coordinates many things pertaining to security around Dunwall Tower. After what happened all those years ago and then again when Delilah attacked, it became difficult to trust such work to anyone else. Not to mention many lives were lost during the assault, so everyone was pulling a little extra weight these days.]

Not exactly.

[Corvo dips his pen into the ink and adds his signature to a document.]

But I don't think you have the strength to leave. You won't get very far, anyway. You're still recovering, Daud.