Katriona felt bad for bringing it up. She doubted his coven would come looking for him and if his own maker was hiding amongst the higher ranks, she imagined that they'd want to assume he had died in the wild. She sighed and looked at him "Well Cortus, we're not that barbaric here, I think the Elders try to avoid torture, I believe there's this new thing called conversation... all the cool kids seem to be doing it" Katriona said, trying to make light of a situation that had turned the atmosphere heavy and icy. She could feel his pain and would probably never understand what it would be like for someone who is expelled from their own coven. Katriona was lucky to be in such an accepting coven which adhered and understood that times changed, even though her coven was one of the oldest and most respected covens in the Vampire Realm.