So being captured sucks.

Somehow, despite how many adventures he's gone on and how reckless he could be, this was the first time he'd found himself actually caught, and it wasn't a fun first experience. He still had a free arm, and he was quick to try and summon up his magic, to cast something to get himself out, but it was no use. He could feel the magic, it was still there, but he couldn't make it work, couldn't control it. His attempts to summon his familiar were useless, too.

Even having his brother here isn't helping, as he can't help but feel responsible for him being here, too. Maybe he shouldn't have tried to help Reira? He thought he was doing the right thing, but maybe he only made things worse.

It didn't matter what he thought, though, it all still lead to this, to being trapped here with whatever was going on outside, without knowing what was going to happen. Normally it's hard to get him down, normally he always thinks things will end up okay, but normally he has his magic. Normally he can do something.

And so that leads to now, to Susan not saying anything, remaining uncharacteristically quiet as he tries to figure out just where he went wrong.