[... he kind of likes you, ted, it's kind of nice to see someone wanting to take action for once.]

Well, you've got me and Soren here. [There's a trill accompanying the words, agreeing.] As much as I like this place over my home, at least there I could kill people who tried to capture me.

[he was within the past month kidnapped to boot so it's fresh in his memory, such humiliation.]