Tarrin considers for a moment.

"Well, I suppose that a lot of the families could have left earlier and we just caught the tail end. Perhaps the group we met thought they were tough enough to stick it out."

He leans over to whisper in Matilda's ear and gives her a conspiritorial wink as he points at Rannos's back.

"we all know what elves are like"

"But there could be more families leaving as we speak, or even families that have been trapped out there by the weather, but I hope not. I hope they're all nice and safe, but we can't know."
Tarrin is a handsome young man with a charming smile.