"Says the guy who thinks my genes are making me hallucinate things." Balthier smiles at him. "I'm staying sober, I swear. I've got no clue what it proves, but - considering what I remembered about Nalbina's dungeons and what I saw -"
He shrugs a little as he gets to his feet. "Couldn't leave someone down there." He wasn't sure, at the time, if he was happy or worried that the cage was empty.