"Tell me about it. What you're doing is really helping out. The trade routes being down is killing everybody." He followed her gaze to the crowd. New faces, old faces. All the same, looking for aid.

"I'll get back to helping out." He turned to go, not wanting to be still when he could be doing something; but he stopped just long enough to ask. "Can you not tell the other officers?"

The whole reason he wanted it private in the first place, but Mako wanted to cover all his bases. Even though he probably knew the answer.