"Maybe, if that 'one soldier' was the general of the resistance. Letting Daolan and my friends go in exchange for my allegiance is the best deal you're going to get. Just take it."
Melody(illusion, of course) looked over. "Of course we want you with us, Gerald! Your wisdom and opposing perspective matter!"
Edit: And of course it's only after I post it that I realize I used the same phrase as Mystic.
"There must be something you want from him, otherwise you wouldn't be here. If he was indebted to you, it would make it that much easier to get what you want."
"For Wyrn's daughter, the daughter that he wants so much he went to the lengths that he did? Surely letting Daolan and my friends go is worth the inevitable gratitude you'll receive from him."