"I'm not sure how he pictured that working. I was never exactly a perfect son, but people would notice. And for all that he was saying I'd endanger my siblings -" Balthier waves a hand. "Sorry. It's - trying to put logic on things is foolish."
He'd mention the prison was why he showed up with basically nothing, but - Basch and Noah had it just as bad, if not worse.
He rubs absently at his shoulder and then catches himself doing it. "I think he was scared that I'd repeat something that he didn't want told back there. But - well out of there now, and Isannah knows I'm safe. It's - better than nothing."