“Why didn’t anyone notice this—”
“This shouldn’t happen—”
The voices built.
Scarlett stepped back slightly.
She didn’t like where things were going.
But she wasn’t backing down either.
“This whole thing is a mess,” she said.
Captain Harris raised his voice just enough to cut through the noise.
“Everyone calm down.”
That didn’t fully stop it—
—but it slowed it.
“We are not in immediate danger,” he continued.
“We still have supplies. We still have communication equipment.”