Nick was, admittedly, more terrified of the potential and showed it. He wanted to keep people safe, still standing tall between Georgy and the girls. You look stupid, Peter helpfully told him.
Georgy, though, was giving them an option that Nick thought sounded very good. Plus, the villagers scared him half to death already. He really didn't want to die here. It was probably a terrible idea.
"...All right," he conceded when Ella wrapped a safe arm around him. If the girls went with this, then he could handle it too. "If they're okay with it, then I'm okay with it."