"I think I have told you before that because of who I am, I cannot die by sickness or by age unless I have a child to replace me... although I can be killed through more violent means... and so I have lived... well, longer than I have any right or expectation to do so, Tim. And when you live such a life as I have, you find that long, unfilled days compound upon themselves and make themselves longer. I think that, if you should want to learn your instruments more, that it might... help untangle the days from themselves. Perhaps untangle yourself in the process." He shrugs his dad-sized shoulders. "At least a bit."