[Estinien narrows his eyes to himself, staring at the fire. A terrible burden... perhaps. But he cares little for Ambrose's excuses, given the unreasonably cruel way he acted at the start. He clearly saw people as commodities and little more.

He's certainly not going to focus on trying to understand the man if alternative options come about. Maybe Himeka or someone else better than him will, but it's not something he'll let go of easily.]

She was... or so it seemed. The two were disgusted by the need to interact with each other, and the Duchess herself was reluctant to turn us over to Thorne, though she had few other options. Ambrose himself was quite agitated by her involvement, once we were returned.