A solemn nod came in reply-- and Koumei once again found himself wondering where he had gotten this level of calm from. He was a person who preferred being in the background, so why did organizing plans like this come so naturally?

"That sounds about right. It's not perfect, but we don't really have the resources to do much better. And, like you said, getting too many people involved will just put everyone at risk; we don't want to make life more complicated than it already is."