Stopping the guy wasn't exactly the point the doll was getting at, but he didn't think it'd be worth bringing up his thoughts. I don't get it. If Archer was closer to Brook by more than just business, Ren would have thought that 'comrade' comment would have meant Brook as well. The girl, herself, seemed to have a pretty pragmatic disposition.

The businesslike survival mentality in Landel's brought to mind hazy memories of the past, something he didn't know how to feel about.

Hopefully, Brook's situation would work out and they'd walk away from it.

He lingered in the cafeteria long enough to verge on an unsafe distance between him and the others. Had he been a normal young man who was scared by Landel's, that might've been a problem. It wasn't so much for him. He made up the rear entering the kitchen, shining his flashlight around.

So if there was a monster in here somewhere, was Archer going to suggest one stay and fight while the others tried to keep going?