"I am sure it would..." Drufter responds.
In the folllowing days, you find that Chieftain Drufter is running out of ways to stall (for that is what he has been doing). You do not have any solid answers why they are so loath to let you speak with Emso Crubo, but the longer they keep him from you, the more apparent it becomes that something is amiss.
Finally, after your second week on Triskatan is coming to a close, you receive word that security is being increased. For Emso Crubo is being transferred back to the Tower of Farl.