[see it's times like now that indestructobutlers would come in handy. alas they will just have to continue waffling about on their own...]

The heroic types are likely dead or injured by now. [because they're clearly all in the 'run in blindly first ask questions later' category...] Nearly everyone else is beginning to lose their patience at this point, I'm not very hopeful for any productive searching.

[a shrug] Perhaps. Those who die the most often are either the most thick-skulled or the weakest, and there isn't much to be done with either of those types. [very pragmatic; he actually isn't trying to be insulting for once!]