"No--no," he protested, shaking his head and forcing half his words out through his teeth, "Can't trust them. Any of them."

He could not afford to trust anyone who forcibly kept him somewhere. He only had one prior experience with being what he now knew was a captive, but it was plenty. He already knew they had the ability to modify memories, somehow. He would not ever allow himself to be vulnerable in front of the natives of the city.