"That is quite the predicament." He means it genuinely, however much is sounds like a more generic response. He registers her seeming embarrassment over her hair and promptly ignores it, better not to draw any attention it that just yet. Sometimes a solidarity comment falls flat, and he hasn't figured out if it would help her.

"Perhaps you can use your time here to plan for that escape." There's no telling if anyone even remembers this place when (if?) they get back home, but that sort of plotting is always a good way to occupy the mind.