[Ah, a true friend. The wink is heard and appreciated, and he gives a faint bow of his head in response, glad they have an understanding.]

I think, perhaps, that's far more common than any of us realize— it's far easier to offer advice than it is to follow it, no matter how sound it may be.

[His nose scrunches, briefly, as he takes another drink.]

Perhaps I've only done as well as I have because I haven't yet been faced with the opportunity to do anything but.

[He is, more or less, grounded here in Camelot— his old life, or anything resembling it, is out of reach.]

Understandable, however, that we feel similarly. This situation is complex at best, and therefore our feelings regarding it have no choice but to be so, as well.