"I think being prepared before hand, rather than scrambling and hoping for an organization and any kind of defensive effort to form out of the chaos of an attack would be the best way to handle it. If we have no way of knowing who or what has confined us here, their numbers, their strength or their intentions, we should assume they intend to set an attack on us at any moment." Ren sounded thoroughly convicted. What he had heard, what little he knew so far, had him more than a little unsettled. Not knowing his enemies was a problem, but not knowing his 'allies' was even worse.

He needed a plan, and a weapon. He tucked his fingers under his arms, gripping his sides and pulling his arms in close against his chest to keep himself warmer and his heart covered.