[ a curious question, that, and one he's never been asked before. it only follows, of course, that few would expect a judge magister of his standing to have much experience in such a field, and yet... ]

I did receive some informal training in my youth. [ as a boy, hunting with his father and brother in the wilds of landis; as a soldier, making camp in the muddy plains of archadia. ] With what scant supplies we've been given, if we were to...hypothetically be turned loose into the surrounding wood, I should expect to survive for at least one night. Perhaps two, at a stretch.

[ hypothetically, of course, because even the hypothetical notion of escape doesn't bear tempting by speaking it aloud. ]

Of course, we know naught of what dangers may lurk within... And without any manner of weaponry, I should expect any chance at survival to grow drastically slim.