He shakes his head immediately, drifting closer to them without bumping into them again. Their forgiveness soothes him a very little bit, but he still looks deeply displeased with himself really.

"Keeping people in cages is evil. It was never... real to me. When I was a child." He sighs deeply, glancing in their direction. There's this deep fondness in his eyes, though he looks quite sad thinking about anything to do with their life before this. "I shouldn't have joked about it then either."