During questioning, he asserts to the juvenile officer: "Nobody can help me."The housemaid answers all questions directed toward Plato, and explains how his mother habitually deserts him and his father left the family long ago:It seems like she""s always going away somewhere.As a result, Thorin developed an everlasting hatred of Elves ("he never forgave and he never forgot").All officers are ordered to "the punishment hut" (or "the hole"), while Nicholson is summoned into Saito""s headquarters.The trio (Spencer, Tracy, and Carlos) were plotting o run away from the shelter in a pre-dawn escape.