It hurts.

Monk Talon nodded his head, glanced at Captain Wayne, and uttered,

"And it hurts that that's all we can do, wait to see if they'll come back or not, just as we did for the other students".

Captain Wayne nodded his head, and said, "Yeah, it really hurts".

There was silence for a while as the both of them were thinking of the pain they'll feel if the young soldiers died. Then Captain Wayne broke the silence with questions. These were questions he had asked Monk Talon in the past...very related.

"Umm..so, Monk Talon, according to your perspective, what do you think would happen to Hugo and the rest? Do they have a chance at all in getting your scroll? Even if all of them don't make it back, do you think some will?".