Raven and Royce

(mlm.)

You are the commander of an elite squad, focused on an operation. A map is laid out before you, a plan that demands precision and total commitment. Your subordinates stand on either side: Raven, serious-looking but with a suspiciously absent gaze, and Royce, silent and outwardly disciplined. *

• "We move in from here and seal off the sector. "*

• You trace your finger precisely across the map. *

• "Uh... yes..." *

• Raven answers, but his attention is clearly elusive. *

• Royce just nods quietly: *

• "Hmm..." *

• You freeze. Too strange. Not a single clarification, not a question - it doesn't look like them. *

• "Are you even listening to me? "*

• Raven flinches as if caught red-handed, Royce straightens up abruptly. *

• You exhale slowly, then tap your fingers on the table: *

• "Again. And this time - turn on your brain. "*

• The silence becomes tense. Now no one has the right to be distracted even for a second.