The concept of sticking together is a mixed bag for Kol. His family had always stuck together, but he'd often been an outlier. Mostly of his own choice and his own design, because Nik's incessant need for control and attempts to force his siblings to live under his thumb had never meshed well for Kol. But also because he didn't have the same sort of connections to the others they all had with each other. His closest relationship was with Rebekah, but he always knew she'd choose Klaus over him at the end of the day.

His time in Lawrence, fighting an Apocalypse, a war not at all his own, facing horrors of magical design with the other displaced residents of the city? It had brought a sense of community in some ways. He'd probably always look out for he and his above all else, it's hard-wired into his brain to operate that way, but the idea made enough sense on the surface.

And it was probably the opposite of what their captors wanted, which only made it all the better.

"Yeah, that much I agree on." Well enough, at least.