"You spoke fondly of her before - are you very close? My parents have no siblings, it was only my mother and I, and my father when he was returned to port. Their friends were as good as family to me but none so close, if you understand, my parents are the only two I could confess all things to. I'm glad for you Sam," she sets her hand on his arm and squeezes gently, mouth tilting down at the corners just for a moment because yes, she feels badly for the mages, she won't ever deny that. "You seem a very good soul, and while I do not wish for any to be harmed outside of a fight, I am glad you never suffered anything like that."

Sam she is going to bribe a merchant for you one of these days but she gives him a look of surprise at that. "They don't get to leave either? Why not?" Even jailers have shifts to go home to their families in Castileos, they aren't confined too.