Jack followed Shiro cautiously, if there was food left it was probably left on purpose. Jack hoped they weren't walking into a trap, it seemed the most likely scenario. "Be careful," he said quietly, "I don't want to get shot, stabbed, or flayed because you were so eager to think with your stomach..."<br/><br/>Thomas looked around at everybody, shocked by how quickly they responded to him. He cleared his throat, then began with, "My name is Thomas Zyntur. I am a Liban City detective. My job is to protect the people of this city, and if you leave here I cannot promise that I can do that. Granted, I can't promise I can do that even if you stay, but if you leave here you are going to be in way over your heads. I understand, this is not the easiest thing to go through, but we all have to go through it together. If we fail to stand united at this point, we will fail to stand at all. There is no longer any thoughts about "me" or "myself", all there is is the collective in this room. I may be the last surviving police officer, my precinct fell yesterday, and we lost contact with the other ones. There's a difference between all cops and good cops, do any of you know what it is? The difference is this: all cops know that you can't save them all, but good cops will be damned if they don't try! I like to think I am a good cop, but I can't protect anybody if you leap without looking. There is great danger out there, far greater than any gun will safely see you through. I trust the manager here, and that is because she gave me reason to. Last night, when I entered, I purposefully pressed her buttons. Do any of you know why I did that? I didn't do it for sport if that's what you're thinking. I did it because she had a gun on me, and as a cop I have learned that when somebody has a gun you do not know who you're dealing with until you give them cause to pull that trigger. I gave her cause, and she didn't pull it. Instead she gave me a place to stay, gave me four walls to call a shelter int his storm. We all owe her so much, we cannot abandon her now. If you stay here, you will have to do some work, but you will be in one of the safest places I know of at this point in time. If you stand for every man, woman, and child in here they will all stand for you! We must band together, we must try to weather this storm as best we can. So you have a choice now: Stay here and fight as best you can with as many allies as you're going to get, or leave now. Just know that if you leave, my prayers go with you, but I do not know how much good they will do against those things... That's all..." Thomas lowered his shield and looked at the people, praying his words would sway at least one more person to stay...