[ There's a stark difference with how Five treats her and how he'd react if one of his siblings had the same idea. It's not because Kamala isn't like family to him by now, but even at her age, she's proven to be smarter about these things. Her biggest weakness is something he envies, an innocence that makes it easy for her to sympathize with anyone. Even Five.

He tolerates her touch on his shoulder; something he's been getting better at. Kamala and Ben in particular seem to express themselves by physical connection. It's a kind gesture that he only needs to rewire his brain to accept. ]

It's going to get bad. [ He hates to say it, but it's better to be mentally prepared. ] But we won't fail. If it looks like we can't win, whatever that looks like, I'll grab whoever we need and we make a run for the beacons.

You're not getting stuck here.