even tho cadence is held captive by the gatekeepers he over time slowly generates respect from them all with the use of his speciality

atom pleads for his brothers life as all the founders wish for his death, they then come to an agreement that he is to be sent to the gate’s keep

obviously atom being under great pressure again

this would also massively allow an important moment for dawce and cadence to reunite at the keep together, this could also partly be one of cadence’s motivations with wanting to be taken captive

perhaps when cadence and rogue cross paths cadences sees the ribbon he has and says:

where did you get that…

this later ties cadence into discovering that all along dawce isnt dead like he believed and she is alive, rogue takes him to her