Once all parties are inside, he shuts the door behind them, content to leave them in the literal dark for now. What little light filters in through the shades of the window are all that will be allowed.

Barnaby's request is met with a curled lip. "Keep them as prisoners? Where, exactly? They came here to kill me. You think I should show them leniency?"

Barnaby can make his case, though whether or not this young man will entertain it is still up in the air.

His gaze darts between Liem and Meteion, distrustful but willing to listen.

"I was hoping you could tell me that." Cid will continue to play the part of his hostage and he places his free hand on the man's shoulder as he steps in closer. "I'm not the only person that's been targeted, right? They're moving in the shadows, trying to pick us off one by one. They don't care about families. They don't need to be in thrall to the Regent to be complicit."

Slowly he looks from each member of the assembled team.

"So tell me...are you? Where do you stand?"