Estinien has to admit that the whole saga of being possessed body and soul by his mortal enemy is still the most fraught thing he's experienced. At least when he's only in a physical prison he has control of his person. He does look at her, prepared to be worried, when begins to shift topics...

Only for him to snort at her declaration, apparently not surprised at all.

"You have the High Mage to thank for that," he says derisively. "You felt it, didn't you? For a moment, twas almost there... and then he spoke his words, and Nidhogg's aether, too, fell silent."

He looks at his own hands, shackled as they are.

"If my power was returned I would not hesitate to break us free."