Rezo follows along, taking his place near Donnie's ladder. His eyebrows briefly lift with surprise when Donnie speaks up again.

"That would be the logical assumption," Rezo agrees, though he knows enough of the world to not be particularly shocked. The Empire is both greedy and paranoid; he surmises that whoever caught Donnie and his brothers was either offended on principle or suspicious that they might be the slightest bit of a threat. "You were imprisoned, then?"