Nick walked with Paul and Ana around from the Grand Peak to the residential areas. The more he saw the people's distressed faces, the more he wanted nothing more than to turn around and go back to the Grand Peak.
However, he knew that would probably mean suicide for him. He was fighting for these people, the least they could do was let him take their children, right?
No, that sounded wrong.
He always tried to be as polite as he could be when asking for help from the parents of children he needed. Most of the time it didn't look good for him when he, an adult male approached a female child, even when he gave an explanation as to why.
All the parents heard was 'messed up theatrical routine'.