[The word 'medieval' seems to confuse him. The word doesn't quite translate; his world doesn't have a Middle Ages yet, so to speak.]

Strangers are all I have to work with right now. Usually, I'm encouraging someone I'm very used to working with, but he isn't here, gods-damn-it. But...I've been in difficult, even impossible situations before. This isn't the worst. They're feeding us. They're allowing us outside. We're still worth something to them.