"So that's the situation." The room was in stunned silence. Rolando didn't like it, Rem thought the mission was a cross between suicide and a sick joke, and Carut was glad his leg was still messed up so he wouldn't be in the thick of things. Therod did not like the looks she was getting.
"So they want us with just the three of us, to assault a compound of magic users, subdue not kill them, and also make sure that no hostage dies in the process?" Rolando was the first one to speak, he felt like he was missing something.
"Don't forget not to cause too much collateral damage to the facility." Rem added the part Rolando left off.
"You two finished?"
"No I'm just getting started, on top of the bullshit they want us to do, this is the group that excommunicated us for saving their sorry asses. So forgive me if I don't find the desire really great to jump back in that fire." Rolando was mainly speaking of himself, but the anger was still there. He joined with Trezlan to save the galaxy and got screwed.
"And if we do this for them maybe they'll do something for us."
"Or maybe they'll kill you as soon as the job is over, Ronerawth ain't exactly an honest group of people." Carut didn't want to get into it, but he had reason to suspect that was the case more than everyone else in the room.
"Enough, we're doing the job, keep your stupid mouths shut and gear up." Everyone was unhappy with the way the briefing went, but they considered themselves professionals, so they did as they were told. "For Now," was pretty much the subtext that ended the conversation.
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