“It really is great to see you and Gazlowe! I was just thinkin' about how much I wanted to see you both on my birthday.
A day when I'm under no forms of duress or coercion whatsoever! N-None at all.
<Cautiously, he glances at the Darkfuse guards, then whispers to you.>
I'll tell you whatever I can if you get rid of them.
<He nods subtly towards his alchemy station.>”
