Nathaniel looks at Vidal, then Kian. His eyes hold the boy, though the boy won't look back.

"You see now?" he asks gruffly. "It's all harmless when it's only ideals, talk of hypothetical sacrifices made for an elusive greater good, but now people are dead who didn't want to be. When you play this game, you pay for your mistakes in lives. This one cost you two lives, and believe me, you got a bargain. Are you ready to help instead?"