[Maybe he is being a little too jumpy about this. After all, it's not guaranteed that this is a disaster, is it? There are worse things than being forced to speak your mind--even if having the thoughts dragged out of you is bad enough all by itself. Maybe he's just anxious because speaking your mind is potentially so dangerous for him, while someone of Kalim's status would find it a mere inconvenience. But given the unnatural role reversal they've been subjected to, doesn't that mean it really is dangerous for Kalim in this city?

Hah..... as if Kalim has ever had a treasonous or subversive thought in his life. Even the worst guards here probably couldn't find anything to be angry about if Kalim spoke candidly with them, without making accusations up entirely. Meanwhile, even as a Dominant here..... he'd probably end up far worse off than just arrested.

Still..... this could just be the first step, too. Some poison takes a while to kick in. Some illnesses can incubate for days before the true misery they inflict makes itself known. Who knows what simply blurting things out could progress into? Jamil settles down next to Kalim, close enough to be able to watch him carefully--and definitely not because it's close enough that Kalim could lean against him, if he needs to.]

You probably do know who's been around for the longest..... Surely at least one of them has prior experience with these things.