Elizabeth's briefing was like all of her others in that it covered everything that needed to be covered without going overboard.
She stood at the head of the assembled group with the map Pavellia had supplemented during the Underlayer session, the one Rex had quietly ensured was in the Academy's expedition documentation by the time Iris had finished her debrief the previous afternoon.
"The primary mission objective is the retrieval of two individuals," Elizabeth said. "Aurelia Nightwing and her partner Veylor, along with any surviving members of their subgroup."
"That is the first priority, and it overrides everything else including the artifact that will lead us to the Underlayer..."
Rex stood at the back of the group and looked at them with the exact look he always had on his face when he was listening and didn't want to say what he was thinking.
