"Not as good as I was supposed to", is his curt reply. There was a lot that escaped the Consilium's scrutiny. "Just remember that appearances might be deceiving. What looks like freedom to one, could be a gilded cage fitted with bars wide enough to allow a view of the outside to the eyes of another. The latter is no doubt closer to the Truth, but the former is surely happier in his blissful ignorance", he glanced at the rack of magazines on his left. New age ramblings, random trivia and assorted trash. "And neither is truly free to do his own things. Prisoners all the same"