( For what it's worth, he isn't judging. As somebody who regularly looks like he just crawled out of the woods or something, he kind of gets how looking a little unhinged becomes the absolute bottom entry on a person's list of priorities. It's absolutely none of his business, and it would be super impolite of him to ask.

All the same, he does seem to deflate just a little when the answer comes back negative — it's just that he's been wandering all over this building by now, and he hasn't seen so much as a hint that the people he'd been traveling with are here. He's really running on the last vestiges of optimism he can only ever barely muster to begin with. )

Damn. Thanks anyway, um- if you see anybody that sort of matches the description, could you just- tell them Jack's looking for them?

( Which is probably a lot to ask of a complete stranger without offering anything in return, so- )

I can look out for people, too, if you're worried about anyone. To make it even.