"Can you please be our porter?" the leader asked.
And as soon as he said that, his team immediately started arguing with each other. The others didn't want a Student-level Porter going with them because the mission was far above his pay grade.
In a state of emergency, they didn't have any capacity to save themselves, much less another Student-level porter who clearly could not contend with a Pre-Intern level Canzer. So, in their minds, Atlan would just end up as unnecessary baggage.
In any other scenario, they would have all probably been welcoming Atlan's help. However, this is already the end of time. They could truly die now. They couldn't risk their lives just to be nice to someone.
However, they didn't really have any choice. They needed a porter, plain and simple. They wouldn't be able to carry the construct with them without a proper porter.
