[WELL NO it's not surprising, it just didn't hit him until now. In hindsight, it makes perfect sense.]
Oh. He was the one who freed you, right? [Right, of course you'd think the world of him in that case. And in any other case, too, from what he's read, Spartacus was an inspiring leader.] Then it kinda sucks you're stuck here, I mean, more than usual, because we're not exactly free here. In the "we can't leave" sense, not in any other sense. At least everyone's their own person here.