Nobody will be revived. The monsters in the caves will not be held back. Nobody will have food, they will have limited light.

If Hope returns to us, the last thing he needs to worry himself with is fixing everything that went wrong in his absence. I need you to keep it intact for him.

[He didn't say it would be easy, but this is all they can do.]

Figure out the food shortage. Don't let anyone die. Preserve the city as well as you can.