He nods idly, trying to mentally sort all of that out and line it up with the rest of the limited information he has. He hadn't even begun exploring what travel is or isn't possible between factions, and had only been in Nocwich at all because that's where they ended up after their rescue; that's the only experience he has at all with portals, here or at home.

It's unsurprising that all the obvious avenues for moving between factions are blocked, but that makes something else stand out that he hadn't otherwise considered.

"And the cultists somehow got around all a' those problems."

Which seems significant. There's a big difference between pulling off a bunch of abductions, and pulling off a bunch of abductions when travel is apparently so tightly controlled.