Jim led the team towards the direction of the academy for half an hour. During this time, he kept his silence while all of his team kept chatting and exchanging introductions and making friendships out there.
From the words he just heard, he realized the lives of those who joined him weren't that good. According to their description, the slave lives were full of humiliation, injustice, and mistreatment.
They all were shocked to realize that all of the old members of the team were also slaves. In their opinion being a slave deprived them from the simplest rights of life.
They couldn't even stand beside their masters and talk to him eye to eye like that!
Jim totally ignored these talks and exclaimed in surprise and shock when they learnt that being with Jim secured a place in the academy as outer disciples.