[He shifts his attention forward when the commotion begins, and gives a long, relieved sigh at the fact that they've made it back. Once they're all inside, and he can pass the shield off to someone in charge of keeping track of them, he takes just a moment to close his eyes and mentally acknowledge that it's over. They did, they got everyone back as safely as possible, and they're okay.
But then it's time to attend to the next problem at hand, namely that he's been mostly allowing the whole deflection thing from Ian even though he knows there's something to be concerned about. So now it's time to figure out how to help, which he starts with by giving an easy suggestion.]
We should go find something to drink.
[Normally he'd follow this up with 'water, not alcohol', but that'd be pushing it and besides, Lance wants to drink too. But before they do that, he also has to make sure--]
But first, were you hurt at all in any of that? It was all kind of chaotic.
[Between the rat fights and the firearms in a tunnel and the cave collapse.]
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But then it's time to attend to the next problem at hand, namely that he's been mostly allowing the whole deflection thing from Ian even though he knows there's something to be concerned about. So now it's time to figure out how to help, which he starts with by giving an easy suggestion.]
We should go find something to drink.
[Normally he'd follow this up with 'water, not alcohol', but that'd be pushing it and besides, Lance wants to drink too. But before they do that, he also has to make sure--]
But first, were you hurt at all in any of that? It was all kind of chaotic.
[Between the rat fights and the firearms in a tunnel and the cave collapse.]