Their now reduced group kept running, and while they regretted nothing, Brigade Three stubbornly stared in front of them when the next lap had them run past their Brigade Captain, although Theora did notice the twins keeping in his vicinity.
If she was right, they were now in their tenth lap, and things were getting tough. A quick survey of who ran in the second line let her assess that they were down to half of their brigade, and by looking around, she could tell the other brigades were in the same state. She was also the last of Brigade Three's room leaders, Keffen and Themid having stepped out in the previous lap.
"Oh, f**k," Omeck muttered after a while. "Look at the fifth."
Theora stared far behind, and just as their brigade was about to go behind the building, the fifth just emerg
