He was, apparently, not going to yell. Well, of course not. That would probably attract too much attention literally, but there wasn't even scolding going on here. That was good, but Alexios didn't allow himself to relax too much yet.
The mention of the rules sounded, well, a little more like what he had dealt with before. After repeating them he'd probably get assigned exercises to be sure he could do it correctly. That part seemed reasonable, but if it got to be hours and hours of practicing...he didn't know if he could tolerate that again now he was away from the cult.
He'd play that by ear,he decided, because, after all, Damon had been kind so far. Hopefully, he wouldn't have to face that, though.
"I...right." He nodded. "I WOULD prefer avoiding the mess if I could do so."