And he's back to this. Greta barely suppresses an eyeroll as she turns back down the Path and resumes walking. "Because we felt like it," she replies acidly. Then, with less sarcasm but equal contempt - because honestly, does he think they're stupid? - she clarifies, "We were trying to find a boy before someone else did, because if we didn't find him, first, he would be murdered." There, are those circumstances desperate enough for you?