The ride back to Eldyron City is mostly silent; Many of the Cadets come from Good or straight up Renown Families, perhaps, some have stay their entire lives within the inmediations of a City and the safety provided by the walls.
This means they never had the need or misfortune of seeing death up close, or right at the moment is actually happening.
And before they left Naguck Village, the majority experienced this undeniable truth, a few of them vomited immediately, while others discovered that they were colder than they had understood about themselves.
Khallyon is no stranger to death or evacuations, he has experienced them more than once and for different reasons, one of those occasions was when he was hired as a mercenary; Or rather, before the Great Empire of Kantar'Kahasän sent its main force.