"Captain?" [i]Victoria looked a little stunned at her seemingly new title, though she would nod a little, accepting the seemingly new promotion. Perhaps Vel had put it into play when she was still knocked out.[/i] "...There's nowhere else, but.. Bariss, and.. ma'am." [i]She would turn then, towards Tethys and Bariss, as she nodded to them as equals.[/i] "I understand that the situation is.. terribly confusing. However, I would ask to seek-" "This war has no good endings. You know that, I hope?" [i]Tethys would interrupt, a silent glare studying Victoria. The Sister of Battle would keep silent, before snapping back.[/i] "And that's why it's war, genius. We win, we stay here, alive, and the enemy retreats or dies. We lose, we die. Common sense."