More or less. [ A shrug. He glances around at the others, looking a little unimpressed with the whole affair. ] Not like we've got a whole lot of eager volunteers from what I see-- so I figured I'd bite the bullet.
[ Just a proverbial one for now-- Jacob doesn't think it's going to get much worse than that, but he's holding out for something far less pleasant. Better to prepare now than to be caught off-guard later. ]

Besides, with people running into a construction zone on their own? Someone's gonna get hurt at this rate, and it's better we get 'em out now than wait until things go wrong.