He should have expected this to be the case. He wanted to hold on to a fragility of hope that perhaps, there are some that can be reasoned with.
"What are you proposing we do now leader? I am willing to do anything to set my men free".
There is no reason to change gear all of a sudden. He had put up with it all this while, what is a little more that he cannot endure.
"I don't know prince. First I will have to call on the ones who arrested them and ask why. Then depending on their answer, your men might have to go through a series of torture to prove their innocence".
"!...".
The prison warden started by listing out ways to resolve the issue, but nothing of what he said pointed to an early release of Vincent and Finn.
He was intent on keeping Finn and Vincent in his custody until further notice. That is a summary of his explanation and Mikeal is forced to sit and listen to that due to the passive route he decided to embark on.
