I don't take action unless I'm prepared for the consequences, Zero. I'm not afraid of death, but I'm also not stupid. I won't die pointlessly, but my life will always be a lower priority than the lives of those I exist to protect.

We don't have enough information to declare anything fact, but if that's the case... we can at least consider it unlikely that those few are being deliberately silenced. The passive would present the least threat to this place.