"People are exceedingly guarded about discussing our...hosts." Not captors, though that's who they really were. But. Hosts. "I do not know if she is one of them or merely a figurehead." He suspects the latter.

"You do not have to perform for them if you choose." He had done it because it was the first thing that looked remotely, well, fun. "We do have to perform to regain what they have stolen from us, but this is just, I suppose, for public spectacle." He's used to being stared at by mortals when he does things. It didn't bother him.