51.2 Debuff?

With strength came speed, and with speed came time. I didn't know how we did it, but we somehow, as a group, managed to make our way up to a spitting distance in front of our friends. Of course, that didn't mean that we were even within earshot of them, but we could at least see that they were still alive.

"They're alive..." Shizu whispered to my left side, the relief in her voice palpable as her breath hitched. "We actually made it..."

"But that doesn't mean that we're out of the woods yet," I reminded her. "We still have to make contact, which is starting to look more complicated than it should be."