"How can they be dead, were they not with Pegasus and their best squad?"
"There's no need to be so harsh," voiced Éclair in a demanding tone, "-I know the news came as a shock, it's normal. Take some deep breaths and focus your mind."
'Sure, as if that's going to work.' Hiding the attitude, the eyes closed and heavy breaths helped settle the mind. The world ahead reopened to clarity and solutions.
"What are my options?" he asked stood at the side of the path. Students often glanced to return to their prior conversations. The head held high; the message was not meant for the reading of any mere unrelated students. Some would say it be classified. Raising the issue to another would be his downfall, the only card to play remained in the hand of Éclair, the trusted assistant.