Off they go. With all the mention of food, he is feeling a little hungry, but he's far from running on empty. Though it doesn't seem likely, hopefully the kitchen has something worth taking. Dried goods, grain, flour -- he'd even take those tins of food, the ones that must be cut open.

"Just you and I, for an eternity?"

It occurs to him that if the castle is dead, it may not be able to send them back. That it could bring them here keeps it hopeful, but he won't say anything, regardless.