If there's a way to get them free... it might mean living as an ordinary man, not a god, but... if there's anything in my power that can help, I'll do it. I mean it.

[He makes an odd gesture, then - raises one hand as though he's letting it rest on top of a hand that isn't there. Hopefully the meaning is clear: if he could reassure you by touching you, C, he would, but he knows better now.]

There's always another option. You've helped teach me that.