Le Guin says that when they first see it especially the young people they'll be they'll go home in tears or a tearless rage she says shocked and sickened at the sight. They'll discuss they feel anger rage outrage impotence despite all the explanations. And then they could may brood over it for weeks or years but as time goes by they begin to realize that even if the child could be released it would not get much good of its freedom. So it's like they start I don't know like I think there's a bunch of different ways to read this but I start to read it as they start rationalizing.