That is true, although doing it en masse will be pretty rough.

[ In particular for whichever 5 people end up having to be the survivors. They'll either have to be the killers or witness a bunch of other people die en masse, and neither are pleasant scenarios. He opens his mouth about to say something but then closes it, a small bubble of feeling kind of awful. Nevermind. ]

No point in ruminating about it too much on our side, I think. Only whatever information we can send them to make it easier.