The moment those pipe bombs exploded, I could still hear it from the distance and through my earpiece but the group of kids I was looking after were already shouting at each other. Because with their formation broken by several deadheads swan-diving the fuck out of those stairs, they had to regroup and retake their perfect spot for funneling them.
They now had to take care of the area where the staircase split into two—which also split their group unevenly—though Aaran stepped out of his overlooking position to bridge the uneven numbers, even calling over their clean-up crew below to momentarily change roles.
But yeah, I could've easily jumped into action from my spot because I was atop this extending platform in this firetruck, letting me just jump the distance and wreak havoc while Kaley could start putting holes in their heads with a lead projectile since she was also with me and silently keeping watch but we still didn't.