"Hm?" Dren looked to Hittori speaking to him... well, that was unusual. He honestly hadn't expected him to take the regal fellow's words seriously considering how beastly he had acted, and standoffish himself back on the ship... but Dren was not going to look a gift horse in the mouth. "I will respect it. And I will respect you, as well." He replied, offering him a gentile smile as he went out on his own. It was a start, at least... of course, they were still something of a sitting duck. And whilst Dren could protect them, he could not fend off an army if it came to that. No, they'd need to be cautious...

He put a hand on the brim of his hat as he tapped into what Cassius had said. He could feel it even now... that slight pulsing heartbeat of a familiar. Not just of his own, but of the others in the room with him... and more, beyond the boundaries of their little shelter. He looked and tried to peek outside in the hopes of seeing others... they needed all the manpower they could get right.