He takes that harder than she thought he would, spilling a number of concerns that she hadn't even known were on his mind. Doubts about their fellow villagers, doubts about this village in general. She sees the way it makes a spiral around him, pressing in with uncertainty.

She reaches out to take his hands, pulling his arms out of the crossed position over his chest. "The way I see it... It doesn't matter if we don't know what this place is about. If we can't do anything about it, then that's all there is. All we really need to do is keep moving forward--right?"