Seeing this, Sparrow felt reassured that they had made the right choice in allowing the civilians to follow them here. His brief moment of softness hadn't been in vain.
However, no matter how touched they were by the civilians' gratitude, strict protocols still had to be followed.
They needed to keep the newcomers under surveillance to ensure none of them harbored ill intentions.
More importantly, Kisha had yet to personally assess them, and until she did, Sparrow couldn't fully trust that bringing them in had been the right call.
After Eagle dismissed everyone so they could take a brief rest before heading to the cafeteria for dinner, he turned his attention to Sparrow and the others. They had just arrived, looking completely exhausted and utterly out of character—like their very life force had been drained by a succubus.
"Let's go and talk," Eagle said, leading everyone toward the conference room.
