"No, they can't understand. They've been captured, we're trapped." It is an important distinction in his opinion. Yes every one of them has been taken from their worlds, but from what he hears from the others, they can have jobs of their own, homes of their own even. In Free Cities they can make actual businesses. They can live peacefully in the farmlands. They aren't caught in a castle with an increasingly unhinged and distrustful royalty.

He rubs at his temples, there is a lingering ache from Lucifer's mind. It reminds him of times he's pushed himself too much that way, so it's interesting to feel like he pushed to a breaking point with a single mind. Fascinating, really. He would ask more about it, but the whole reason they had to do it that way was to avoid eavesdropping.

"Gods, I really don't want to have to start becoming social, Lucifer. Logically it is a good idea, we should move to align goals and to find a page we can all survive from, but I am not built for this."

Istredd rarely is this blunt or honest about his shortcomings although that's because he rarely has anyone to talk to about it. He has been in his own company too long, with no one really to answer to, and he finds himself in a situation where he should've paid more attention in his court classes. Yuck.

"You're charming and charismatic, could you tone down the attitude?" One of them can maybe be functional!