[Erik's mouth twitches at the corners and then smooths out again. It could be a smile, he could have a headache. The world may never know*.]

It has nothing to do with you. Being taken anywhere against my will doesn't sit well with me, especially not when I have a goal to meet elsewhere.

But one imagines those are the common woes of the kidnapped.

[None of which keeps him from thinking that his mission remains more important than anything anyone else could have been doing.]

*jk it's a smile