[ She's not wrong. But that doesn't mean they have to volunteer that information anyway. ]

You don't need to stay here for more than a day to know this place doesn't have the nicest intentions with us.

[ Besides being kidnapped, the city itself is intentionally trying to make them uneasy. Not to mention what he's learned from Alhaitham... if it's energy they want, then it's best not to reveal anything, regardless of what the kidnappers already know. Getting to know others, getting attached to them... it'd all be used against them in the end. ]

Hah. I have nothing to hide.