Team retrieval will need just as many experienced fighters. ...just in case. [He briefly glances around. They’re alone. His shoulders sag a little and the care worn expression he’d been hiding is on his face. His grey eyes are faintly haunted. But just as that mask’s removal shows his pain it also shows the will to see no one else hurt. The haunted light is tempered with a sharp intensity.

He turns what she told him over in his head. His priority is to learn all he can and come up with a plan to kill the creature. While he’s at it to see to the team that had been up here. ...as much as he can.]

I want you on the retrieval team or on guard up here. You’re level headed, reasonable, and if they need to retreat I know you will see it done. [Shiro shuts his eyes for a moment. One moment. It’s all he can afford.] We don’t know if we’ll succeed in dealing with the creature. Please keep an eye on Hunk. He’s honest and a good man to have with you. As a healer and an engineer.

[He opens his eyes, a sad smile on his face.] I know I’m asking a lot of you. I wish I didn’t have to. If you decide to come down on the team to fight the beast, I’ll welcome you all the same. It’s your decision.