Immediately, Tim kind of regrets putting it like that. It was reflex - facing nastiness with a barb or two of his own. But the effect on the kid is instantaneous, even if he handles it like a champ, slaps a fresh, determined veneer right over what must have been horror.

The most he can do is answer carefully, directly.

"It changes. I'd ballpark around sixty or seventy people total, but they come and go all the time. You were just in the latest...wave, I guess."

He's probably not being exacting enough in his terminology. Well, fine. He can't really fix that.