He doesn't fight Lance's pull, looking away from everyone as he's lead away.

"No, but..." Detlef trails off until they're a little bit away, enough that they can't be overheard. "They could take any one of us, profane or not, with the same accusations, haul them to where they're alone in another village and then we die because there's no one who will care, there."

He knows what it feels like to be terrified and alone. The only difference is that he'd run fast enough. ...And also he'd definitely been guilty, whereas this man may or may not be.