"Imprisoned??" Kanji, for once, had to laugh.

"No, man, get this: Every native and off-worlder here has nothin' but damn glowing things to say about the princesses. They ain't born in this world- they're made, after they've grown as a person a bunch... kinda like our Personas."

But with a shrug he looked away. "Trick is workin' out where they are right now. They seem weirdly neighborly, but two of 'em kinda control the sun n' moon rising and falling. That'd make 'em pretty busy."