Stand your ground!

“…The leg pain’s the worst of it. Pushed myself too hard as a kid, and this is how I pay for it. Ah well, you get what you get. S’only what I signed up for. Can’t be any surprise there. Just gimme a minute and I’ll have these doors unlocked and you can be on your way. Not me though, I’ll be here all night. ‘Preciate the company, Emilia, however brief it may have been. Most certainly the highlight of this dull and dreary job.”