Estinien had been preparing himself to interrogate Nadine if needed, wondering if she really was a danger, but her reaction is making that more and more difficult to conceive of. After all, he knows that Eponine is prone to misunderstanding things, to changing her mind on a moment's notice. She's lied about him before, so similar things happening to other people can't be that surprising.

What's also very familiar is the hurt at having reached out to her, only to be discarded in what feels like a trivial manner. He exhales slowly. He still has his questions about that group, but it really doesn't seem like Nadine, at least, has been intending harm.

"I see," he says, and it sounds like he actually does. He falls silent for a moment, trying to think of what to do. Nadine has really signed herself up for quite the test by caring for multiple heavily damaged youths at once. "She's still in the city, at least, but she informed me that she'd rather sleep in a ditch than 'wait to be killed'."

The way he says that seems to imply he definitely knows where Nadine is coming from in her frustration. Truthfully, he'd been wondering how Eponine had gotten herself beaten up while still in prison, and he guesses he now has his answer.

"I'm not sure what can be said to convince her otherwise. Once that girl has latched onto an idea..." He shakes his head. "Yet, for the moment, those of you in Nott are the only ones with any hope of finding her."