So even if we could move them, they would likely die of the poison? Or starvation or thirst, if not that?

[There's a pause. She doesn't want to accept something as horrible as this, but she knows well that the best solution can sometimes seem like insanity.]

It was good of you to do this, if this is truly the best option. I hope you can help people listen to reason.

[She knows she wouldn't have had the nerve to say something so controversial, even if it were the truth.]