I wouldn't say it was quite so much a plan. Just a reasonable hunch that it would work. What do you think; can you get free on your own?

[ He eyes the vines that are holding Jiang Cheng in place, and with the expression on his face that isn't quite a smile and isn't quite a grin, it's hard to tell if he's trying to figure out how to make the man's position better, or worse. ]