Laz kept going while everyone in the fort was fuming, at least the higher ups were. Now that this desertion was witnessed by all of the legions commanders and aides, there was no way to keep things under wraps once the sons and daughters of the Emperor arrived to join the fight and when they found out, he would be lucky to keep his head, much less his job. They couldn't just silence everyone here even if he wanted to.
"What do we do?" The commander posed the question, to himself as well as those gathered.