[The question makes Prior flinch, though he does his best to hide it. Relaxed posture no longer comfortable, he draws himself in a little - at the same time affecting something breezy and nonchalant in his tone.]

You really have done your reading. Or was it that little fauxpology at the campsite?

[He hums softly, a fluttering gesture with one hand the literal embodiment of brushing it off.]

My leg's bad on a good day, but if I have one advice for being taken by torturers, it would be not going into it with an obvious vulnerability.