He doesn't mind the bluntness. The situation warrants it, even if it's unusual coming from Adriel.

He frowns at their reply. It's a good point and it at least erases some of the fear that they're strapped down in some secret basement.

"You think maybe they're being watched?" He asks. "Like, their torturer is keeping an eye on them so they have to keep up an act?"

And here he was, not needing to be told. Just hiding it of his own will.