"I should be able to handle healing on my own, so all I need are a few of the ones just for mana." He considered the question for a few moments, frowning. "First, we don't have nearly enough time to save an entire world's population, even with help. Even if we had some way to gather them all in one place, we'd still have trouble tagging everyone and putting their info into any kind of system. If there were some way to slow down the threat... but from what I saw, there's no known way of even making them pause briefly."

He sighs. "Second, there are going to be people who refuse to leave. If they're adults, that's... regrettable, but fine. It's their choice. But if they have kids... it's another story entirely. Kids shouldn't have to pay for their parents' choices."