[ A scoffing sound. As if! ]

Circumstances completely beyond my control! Believe me if I had my run of the place you guys wouldn't be running off back to your respective homes and leaving me high and dry on yet another monster infested island. And I didn't exactly have the funds to keep the old place once it was down to me and a pair of freeloading shades.

[ He pauses. ]

Though I think I might have been left in charge of a boarding house recently? Other than that, you haven't missed anything exceptional that I've seen.

[ Or will be willing to mention. ]