He nods. It had been a thinly veiled attempt to get out and do some good with his own death.

"He - " He hesitates a moment. "He was obsessed when he learned I was missing. He sent in humans after me, then came to find me himself when that didn't work. Of course, the church never had me locked up. I could have escaped at a moment's notice. I was there because I wanted to be. That was something he could never really deny."