Bai E felt a slight surge of excitement upon receiving the prompt.
There was a traceable pattern to the several times energy had been credited before, but did the last 12 points of energy credited mean that the base had received his distress signal?
The encouragement of the other warriors was just a lie he had to tell under these circumstances, whether the communicator he made himself through those materials would work sufficiently was still unknown. So was how the potential base that might receive his signal would consider his distress signal.
He too had no confidence in his heart.
But there was no choice, this was all part of what it took to become a leader.
What did it mean to be a leader?
It meant having to lie.
To call for calm when one himself was overjoyed;
To bring hope to everyone when one himself was in despair.