[ Five would love to assume that they've thought of everything and they can't possibly run into someone who will blow their cover, but that's not realistic. He also doesn't want to worry Ben more than he needs to when he very much believes that someone who should-be-dead could be taken advantage of here. ]

I've tasted worse. [ Truthfully, he's already regretting drinking the potion and it weirds him out how he's not casting a shadow, but he had no other alternative. He's not letting his family go in there without him. ] ...I can tell something's different, but I feel fine. Hopefully it wears off.

[ He's trying to tell himself they have no choice but to do this. Matthias needs to be stopped. And then... what? Anurr takes over and they hope they can bring Ben back through a beacon and trust that the apocalypse can be avoided?

It's overwhelming to think about, and he's already barely keeping it together, so he tries to handle one thing at a time. ]

I don't know what we're going to run into in there. Be careful who you talk to, and if you see anyone in white... that might be him.