hiding?

Hearing such things explained to a simple man would amount to a little amount of fear and surprise. She had witnessed the same happen to the citizens of Hacksaw ridge after they really explained why they had come to the villagers. Their face twisted; realisation, shock, fear and expectation, all at once took over their faces. Living the last ten years in ignorance, it brought realisation that there were people keeping check of their safety on the low and then the possibility of having this safety they enjoyed at the moment totally taken away from them feared them strongly.