[ There's a soft smile in return. He's glad to be able to give Claude some relief there as well. Less to worry about when he needs to be focusing on survival.

Both eyebrows raise again, though, at the descriptions that follow. ]

There's at least one god involved on their end, Nikodaemus. His domain involves illusions. He was invoked to help hide their tracks. [ There's a little more, too, that he learned in Solvunn, but it's nothing that will immediately help Claude and the others. More a piece of the larger puzzle - something to talk about along with these visions when they get them back.

And they will get them back.

At saved, he grimaces. ]

I saw. Jack and Wilhelm seemed to have their minds affected that way... [ Wilhelm had been especially unhinged when they met. He shakes his head and his expression softens again. ] I probably shouldn't keep you here too long.

[ Considering all the unknowns they're facing out there right now. He wishes he could just pull Claude and the others back to Nocwich through here, to find a way through their shared connections to force a pathway. ]