A nondescript square building that has room for two guards that change shift every 8 hours.  There's a fireplace inside, food enough for a week and a large earthenware jug of water for cooking and drinking.
Guard Shack, Outside Tower
a child
guard
I am a guard who almost was executed. I make sure to always be around someone else. I practice with my sword every day.
This is no place for a child.  Please sir, my mother told me to drop these off here for the King ordered them delivered.  Thank you, child. I will eat one just to make sure they're not poisoned.  They are not poisoned, sir, for they come from my farm.  From our very own chickens and they are freshly laid. Do you like them? Yes, I can tell your family raise very good hens.  Yes indeed!  Though I don't get to eat them for they bring in too much money that my family needs.  Wow!  You have so much food here!  You must get to eat whenever you like!  That is one of the perks of working here. We have such long shifts that all the food we need is stored here instead.  Ohhhh, i see.  I am just not used to seeing it all together.  We have onion soup that we eat all the time and not much else.  I want to be a guard when I'm older. That is very brave of you. It's a dangerous job protecting the king. Wow, this is amazing!  Did you make this yourself?   The blacksmith makes all the weapons for the King. Be careful with that. It's very sharp! My father does some blacksmithing when he shoes out horses and makes fencing.  I work with many knives and saws.  Putting up fencing is tough but I help him a lot.