"Valeria, can you check what's happening up above?"
"Let's get out of this sh*t hole as soon as possible. We will die if we stay in this damned city."
Elena's utterances overflowed with sagacity, striking a resonant chord within the team's collective consciousness. Undeniably, she spoke truth.
Despite their concerted efforts to rein in their emotions, a palpable restlessness simmered beneath the surface, albeit subdued in the case of Leon and Triss.
Their shared history was etched in trials endured, from perilous missions to the morning raid within their branch's sanctum. They bore witness to the somber tableau of fresh corpses of their comrades, their final gasps echoing in the hollows of memory, valiantly delaying their assailants to eke out precious moments for survival.