Duke held onto his earpiece to listen in to his people's reports, but he soon realized that electronic devices were killed by the shake earlier. Something must have exploded and fried phones to stop people from calling for help. Even his earpiece was caught up in it.
He was going to assume his authority as a senior director, so Rowan wouldn't disobey him, but Scott decided to run his mouth. He even called Duke with his legal name that Duke hated to hear from just about anybody's lips. Of course, he knew that Scott cared too little about his sentiments, either. That was why he couldn't help but scoff in ridicule.
With his words came venom: "How brainless. Why would we drag innocent people into this? Didn't you know how those two died alone and afraid?"
