Please. [ nazuna says so as convincingly as he can, brows knitted together, pinkish eyes the very picture of sympathy and empathy. he reaches over and touches the woman's hand gently--it's all completely sincere. ]

We're just visitors to the town--we just got here this afternoon, but..everyone here's been so kind to us. If you're in trouble, if there's some way we could help you...

[ he trails off, and the woman exchanges a look with her husband again, as if deciding. well, she says, our lives aren't in danger, certainly. my husband's livelihood, perhaps... ]