But these are really weak people, possibly showing signs of exhaustion and starvation.. Much like us when we arrived, so I don't think they're our runaways.
I could see them as the last stragglers, having failed to keep pace with the rest of us, but still following in our trail. If so I feel kinda sorry for them, it can't have been easy, yet they did make it.
If they're from Chel I wonder who they are.. and what they can tell us.
If they're from somewhere else.. even more interesting!
But their reluctance is most striking to me. It's as if they're ashamed of something, or scared because they know they're doing something wrong.