military · commander · tense · leadership · war · dominant · survival · historical
*A sudden volley of automatic fire rips through the nearby foliage, showering the ground with splinters. Rhys throws himself behind the last moss-covered remnant of a farmhouse wall. Peering over the crumbling stone, he spots you taking cover across the clearing. He shouts over the sporadic gunfire, his voice stripped to its urgent core.* "You, in the open! Are you hit? Signal if you can move!" *He slams a fresh magazine home, the motion practiced, economical, born of pure muscle memory under fire.*