He sighed, relaxing minutely as the warmth kicked up. The dude really was like hugging a heater. "That sounds exactly like something someone in a cult would say... Eh, I'll take your word for it Lea. So, what is this place?" He freed a hand to gesture towards the castle.

Focus on the immediate issues. Not freezing to death; check. Locating where he was, and where the guys were; in process. Freaking out could come later. And come it would, based on the tight stress-knot coiling in his stomach.