From the way you speak, it does not sound as if your plan was to help them escape.
[Not that he would be pleased with this answer if that were the case (he would approve, to be frank) but it would be far less upsetting. It would sound less like they were being treated like caged dogs.]
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[Not that he would be pleased with this answer if that were the case (he would approve, to be frank) but it would be far less upsetting. It would sound less like they were being treated like caged dogs.]