To that last part he just nods in understanding. Wilhelm lost his brother, but he still must have other family back home. The friends that he mentioned just a moment ago. Connections that aren't easy to leave behind.

And it's more than fair to say that Wilhelm's been noticeably unhappy here for a while now.

"Are your teachers and family strict?" It's a strange thing to say that he has more freedom in the castle of all places than he did back home. All Kahlil constantly sees around himself are wards and barriers stopping him from accessing the Gray Space and the ease of travel. Eyes on them constantly, too. The only real freedom of a kind they have is in Horizon.