"Do you think you'll be able to get an audience immediately?" he asks with a raise of an eyebrow. His own dealings with government are... well, they've never gone well and he's never had much trust, which was part of what had been so uncomfortable in Thorne. Being so dependent on Ambrose and his mages for information, for an understanding, for food and clothes and everything else. Even if he has nothing...

He's started with nothing before. He can do it again. Unshackled and free, he'll find a way to thrive. He knows it's possible.