Nate's hems and haws during Eva's words were kept silent because of his massive amount of respect for the Queen. In Eva's office, Caltrops had seamlessly slipped back into his role as Hand and completely disagreed with her course of action. Asgard didn't owe anyone an explanation of anything, except for Hellion's family and parents of Xavier's students. And he certainly didn't think Eva should take any responsibility. But he wasn't her adviser anymore, Nathaniel had his own realm to deal with. After he'd given his feedback, he'd quieted his tongue, for then.
When Eva became visibly upset, Nathaniel stood - as did Thor, and half of J'moy. Once he realized the nature of her emergency, Nate relaxed than slowly returned to his seat - after Eva returned.
Thor, being out for blood, had given very little thought to the public relations part of this equation. Frankly, that aspect of government was his least favorite, by a mile. Thor listened carefully and once Eva had returned and he'd also sat back in his seat, he placed his hand on his wife's shoulder. With one glance at the determination in her eyes, the Allfather was confident Eva was alright to continue. "Yes, the message we say to the rest of the realms, especially Midgard, will be of upmost importance," Thor added, thrilled that Eva already had a start on how to craft said message. Admittedly, however he wasn't entirely comfortable with Eva taking full responsibility. She wasn't to be blamed, nobody in this room was to blame - at least not individually. "When the time comes for responsibility to be taken," Thor began, "it shall be shared. We, Asgard and Xavier's stand together. But I agree we need make sure those families continue to trust us with the safety of their children," he added. "Of course, first we have to be able to protect their children."
"Indeed," Nate added in solidarity with Thor, even surprised he'd said it himself. "I agree with the King and Queen," Nathaniel began because he supposed he was talking now. "I know first hand that the parents on Earth will not be satisfied until we can tell them the entire story and prove it won't happen again. I'd suggest sending the children home if I wasn't sure we'd lose the culprit in the chaos. Bottom line, we must quickly and definitively bring this monster to justice if we want to protect Asgard and preserve its standing in the eyes of the people."