James Rodriguez
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Agreed.
But our priority is getting off this island alive.
I looked at each remaining team member in turn.
The satellite call will request extraction authorization from Wilson.
If he refuses, we're leaving anyway.
The simplicity of the plan provided structure amid chaos.
Tasks were assigned.
Watch rotations, established equipment prioritized for transport.
As the others dispersed to their duties.
Emily remained beside me at the command table.
The Dutch records.
She said quietly.
They didn't just describe the Virta communicating with their dead.
They documented the tribe's extinction.
Nearly 200 people gone within 18 years of European contact disease.
I asked.
Warfare.
She shook her head.
The final entries describe the two members walking into the jungle individually, following voices, never returning.
I thought of Thomas sprinting toward his brother's ghost without hesitation or self-preservation.