Perhaps it is simply my opinion, but this is not the sort of place I would wish a comrade to be. If anything her leaving this wretched place should be a consolation.

[Well, he made and effort to make her feel less bad. Probably didn't work, but he tried. It was something to do to ignore his brother's more coherent inquiries as to what was going on, and 'how he had been doing'. Really, who tries to start small talk tied to a table?]

Well, she is free of her bindings and yet remains. Is she well enough to walk or doe she need to carried?

[While he did not care for the idea of carrying damsels around on a hunt, this was apparently a friend of about one of the only allies he had here. Though he didn't quite think about the fact that the young woman may not want him anywhere near her, given his appearance.]