[Lad pulled back from Solas as well, growing more fearful the more Solas spoke, though not of Solas exactly. His purpose had always been to please and give people what they wanted, and yet here he was doing just the opposite. While he did not think Solas would lash out against him there were others that would, so he had to fix this. Somehow he had to fix this or he'd be punished.]

It is not so bad, truly there are so many that have it worse. We are treated well as long as we do what we are supposed to. I've lived a good life, the people are mostly nice, I am well cared for, it could be so much worse-

[And in his nervousness he just keeps talking, parroting the rhetoric he grew up hearing that was used to keep him and others in line. He believed it of course, and he had seen examples of some who lived in far worse conditions from the other Evanuris. He did consider himself fortunate... and he'd consider himself more fortunate if he somehow managed to calm Solas.]