[Kouha knows that look, and he knows he's been naive as soon as it's turned on him. He glances away for a moment, ashamed, before he answers.]

It didn't seem like Sinbad was gonna help him all that much, 'cause it's technically not their problem.

[He practically spits the name. Kouha respects no one more than his own king, but even with that in mind, his opinion of Sinbad is beyond low. It's full of disgust.]

Even if he did, you'd have thought of it already, right? You said these ones were "strange". What's different about them?