Slightly. I'm not very good at it, though. But... the technology, even to the filters, might well have been designed by our captors. I don't trust that anything is actually safe from them.

[Trapped in a strange place by people he cannot access, let alone assess, he's a little paranoid. But he'd rather worry too much than be too complacent.]

We... [He doesn't like the idea. Not when he'd like nothing more than to help a revolution against the Malnosso. But he'd rather be prepared than not.] The Malnosso ask often for volunteers for their "missions," and they offer rewards for conduct on them.

It would be to our benefit to earn their good will and, perhaps, be able to arm ourselves thus.