[ He's ... a little frustrated by that. Being so blatantly denied the ability to help. And he tugs at the ropes on his wrists a little more — he knows he can't get out of them, but it's more an action of frustration and showing Duo that he wants them off. ]

Y-You expect me to ... t-to lie here whilst you take you take th-the bru—nt of things. [ That's how it's seemed from the beginning. That he's been trying to take all the attention off him and allow them to do what they will to him instead. And this time feels no different. It feels ... awful, to someone like Alphinaud. Someone so focused on helping others. ]

I-I ... W-We cannot pass up th-this opportunity. I-I must try ...

[ Who knows when they'll get another chance to escape? He'd rather try and fail than not try at all, especially when others' lives are at stake along with theirs. Their captors don't seem to have an interest in killing them right now, and mayhap their words reached them a bit when they spoke with them not long ago.

But Alphinaud is losing a bit of his logic and becoming a bit frustrated with his inability to do anything, and it's manifesting in this. ]