"Perhaps." He had been raised with them. It wasn't so easy to shake them off.

He pulled his hand away, the touch too close for comfort. He didn't deal with human contact very well. "My... when I was taken, I left my ward behind. I believe her to be in grave danger." That wasn't all of it, but it was one of the largest parts- the other being the death of Delaunay and Alcuin, which he was trying very hard not to think about.