She said they want an unhatched egg. It's a lot of people to send to pick up one item, and there's been no group-wide plan made to get us all working together to acquire it.

[It's just a numbers game. Sea turtles hatching en masse in hopes at least a few make it to the sea. If they expect something really bad and are sending people out all scattered, it's not because they expect to get a bunch. It's because they're hoping that if they send out enough, at least one will make it back.

That's not a comforting thought. Or one he really wants to share with a young girl. If she's wise enough, she'll see what he's getting at on her own.]

...Just stick close to me. It'll be fine.

[At least he's good at bullshit in the face of almost certain death.]