Istredd knows this is rather bleak information and he says it very flatly and factually. This is simply how it is, no reason to dress it up. Thorne is an oppressive regime and they are more or less trapped there. He has no love for the faction.

"Some people do. The original group who fled to the other places do, and they've told others. We also don't pretend otherwise if people ask. We try to inform new people as they arrive there, it's important they understand. Being critical of Thorne or the monarchy where they can hear you could lead to an arrest or detainment."

Istredd has said before that none of them can really understand the difference between being in Thorne and elsewhere. There is a constant paranoia and anxiety that dogs all of them. Istredd has learned how to succeed within the castle but it's a survival tactic on top of trying to protect the other Summoned. The ravens make some cawing noises that sound strangely like agreement. He glances over at them, amused, before back at Jayden.

"There isn't anything you can all do as of now. The queen already destroyed one of your cities over an assumed attack, trying to mess with their Summoned would be an act of war."