[Listen. It was worth a shot. But he's still not moving and allows Dimitri to face him head-on.]

Of course I would. Any reasonable person would. But that's exactly my point. What do you do when there are multiple people who have no intention of letting people be hurt, but their way of protecting them is hurting other people?

All the more reason I'm trying to understand the people here. [Knowing who may be a threat and who may help to stop them.]