Wallace shook his head as Thomas turned away. He hadn't even gotten a straight answer from the man, but he said all that he could have. Although it was merely buying into the gossip around the castle, he did wonder exactly how safe being released was going to be for the young Feril. Not out of any concern for the girl, she'd just been the person picked to send a letter, but the treatment of someone only caught in the middle would tell him something about how Thomas intended to conduct himself. As the knight disappeared into the Tower, Canti turned away, chuckling to himself. "Mister Harker, you're quite the judge of character," he said. "but you have found your way into an exceedingly ugly palace." He shook his head, turning to look towards the exit. "Our little excursion has been educational. I am ready to say that there are, at the very least, no madmen on the loose within our castle. It may even be safer. Despite the controversy surrounding Lexine, I think Thomas' tenure as Commander will prove beneficial for this country. If anything, Lexine's presence here was the aberration, and the surrounding incidents are what demand consideration and scrutiny." It took a concerted effort to say it with a straight face, it was something that wouldn't have survived a court room, but given what they'd just seen, he felt it sounded credible enough.