I wouldn't be hard on yourself.

[With a sigh, he settles down on the ground, hands clasped together as he waits.]

Sometimes, you don't need to involve yourself in a situation, or if you do, it isn't always the way you think. Everyone who ran down back into the city to help others did important roles, that much is certain. However, without cooks and builders and healers, what would they have to come back to?

So yes. There's at least this, and I would say that it is an important role. Staying with your friends is an even greater one.