He's locked himself up for the good of everyone else. If I have him come out now I can't think of a way to justify how the events in the plot I proposed WOULDN'T happen. I realise I'm probably doing this all wrong, but I literally can't think of any other way to do it. I've kind of painted myself into a corner with this and I can't think of an outcome that WON'T be an example of me being a shitty roleplayer.

So I guess the answer is he ought to stay back but it isn't because I think my character is SEWPER SPESHUL or anything, I just... literally can't work around this at the moment.