"Da, da, fine," he said idly. He didn't expect to make it out of here alive; what did it matter what he promised? "I will answer questions. I...promise, as you say. If I can give what you want, I give. I am tired, you know, so if I lie, I am not to be doing it with the purpose. What you want, eh? Answers? I have many answers. Perhaps, like me, all you want is freedom." A tired, knowing smile. "I can see it, Princess. You are prisoner. You and I, we are not so very different, in end. Much same, Princess. Much same."