[No one enjoys being locked up. With them it's ironic enough, seeing how they are the ones who lock others away as a part of their profession.
He's right, though. And there's no reason to lie in the first place. Not that he's especially ever made it a habit to do so to Ichiru.]
Ultimately it really is worse than that. [Much as he is loathe to say.] With that, they have their ways of altering our personalities and behavior, along with our memories altogether. They can strip the special abilities of anyone who may originally possess them. Presumably even that of purebloods.
[So who knows what other unsettling things they're capable of?]
In the end I haven't been here for very long. There still may be a lot more I've yet to witness.