Before speaking he pulls an odd looking lens set into a monocle and peers at the both of you through it, particularly Elizabeth.
"Barnes has taught you some things, that might be good. I know Barnes because he and I had the same teacher, the thing that sets in your cells at this very moment. The Seal he resides in is designed to block his powers, and he cannot leave it unless it is destroyed, but anything moving inside it is vulnerable. Philadelphia is under siege by ... things. Not so obviously under siege that we have to inform the populace just yet, but close. No ships that leave the sight of land have returned, and we're running low on powder. The Indians have largely fled into hiding, and outlying farms are gone or left empty."