Under Orders
At least, not at first.
The first conflict arrived as a timing discrepancy, two commands issued close enough together to overlap, leaving a fraction of the formation uncertain which sequence took priority. Elias watched the hesitation ripple outward, bodies freezing for half a beat. He felt the urge rise, sharp, instinctive.
Hold.
The hesitation resolved itself unevenly. No one was injured. The formation limped through the sequence and Vale did not correct. The second conflict was spatial. Two units were routed toward the same corridor exit, spacing insufficient for safe passage. Elias saw it the moment the lines began to converge, the geometry wrong in a way that would not fix itself.
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