And the complicated questions went from bad to worse. It was harder to shake that kind question with a nonchalant answer. He didn't necessarily feel oppressed by Brave Vesperia, it was quite the opposite actually, though part of him did feel indebted to Yuri and the others. For the most part, it was because he turned a new leaf and believed in what those kids believed in.

"It's nothin' of th' sort. They helped me out of a bind, and I've been with them ever since."

It was the nicest way he could put it. The most neutral way he could phrase it. That's all she really needed to know too.