( The clothes he had left in the bathroom to be handled by the house staff. All the items he had with him are atop the dresser. Tseng stills in his trek to listen before he crosses the room to the dresser to find some underclothes. Inside the drawers were packaged socks, underwear, and undershirts. He obtains the appropriate packages and sets them aside for now. He then turns to the closet to find some pants and a shirt. Like Rufus, he won't find a uniform close to what he usually wears. Instead, he pulls out a pair of gray pants and a dark red long-sleeved shirt.

He'll visit the armory before boarding the helicopter and obtain some weapons and a vest - if they have one. )

I used the base's network to send another message to the others. They know our progression and our destination. I am confident we will hear from them soon enough.

( He lays the clothes on the bed and returns to the dresser. He opens the packages and slips on the underwear before he pulls off the robe. He then takes the socks and undershirt to the bed where he sits and pulls each item on him. Tseng then folds the clothes and sets them aside on the nightstand.

He brings his hands up to his hair and pulls it back into a bun and wraps a hairband over the bun twice to keep it in place. He lowers his arms to his thighs and closes his eyes. He can imagine Rude and Reno are likely somewhere close to one another, and Elena is likely not far behind them. His eyes open to the robe he left hanging on the dresser. He isn't sure he can sleep if Rufus decides not to.

He pulls in a breath and holds it before he sighs. )

We both need to sleep if we can.