Considering that this man had aimed a gun at Roland seconds earlier, that he might have jovially ended her life as well, Nariko felt pity for him. Maybe she was too easily fooled by remorse, or maybe Henry Jacquard's grief was so honest that she couldn't accept it as anything but. It didn't really matter. This wasn't her issue to settle and Roland's decision was the least surprising of all. The very sentimental part of her wanted to insist that wasn't necessary but she couldn't question him. Not right now, and not in front of everyone.

Roland gave his orders and marched off, she imagined that he didn't even see her looking at him, but even if he did then worse, he did not care. She couldn't blame him for it, so she didn't get in his way either, she looked to her kin, took a deep breathe, and forced herself to move.

Agni and Ignis were tasked with taking names and questioning people, but Nariko found her brother (who was a mess) and Lena, but they and everyone else seemed just fine. She could leave him to it or risk following him despite having no idea what might happen on either end. But she was good at phenomenally stupid ideas and implementing them so why should this one be any different? So Roland ended up with a decent ten minutes start before Nariko left to find him.

At this point, she needed to begin writing a book about how to track this man down during his various moods.