[He supposes that reason will just have to remain a mystery.]

Ah, not every night. Just often enough. Being sick and all. [That part being a lie.] Plus, I got stuck in the Outlands for a few years before I showed up here so I was in kind of rough shape. A few broken bones, things like that. He fixed most of them up but I still check in every now and again to make sure everything's holding together, or if I've had another illness spell. [Read: something attacked him.] Like I said. Bad health. But I'm okay otherwise. And I like Ekkehardt so sometimes it's good just to catch up.