The man's expression schools itself into careful sympathy, touched with a little bit of hurt for good measure. "You misunderstand," he insists softly. "It's not like that at all. We want to help; like you, we care about Locke City and the rebuilding efforts, and we're working diligently on that, and we can't do it without Numbered support. Payment would be very handsome," he adds. "I'm not asking for a decision now, at any rate, just for you to think about it."