Julian Horn, who had been silently equipping his own gear, finally spoke. His sharp features carried the calculated tone of someone assessing a tactical problem.
"The real issue," Julian said, "is that we don't have a cohesive strategy. Five apex predators with competing egos means our area of effect spells are going to overlap. Our positioning will be chaotic. And the environmental destruction penalties are going to obliterate our score regardless of how many bosses we eliminate."
Valerius's expression darkened slightly, not because Julian was wrong, but because he was voicing the thing all of them already understood.
"Which means," Julian continued, "we're either going to slaughter the dungeon despite our internal dysfunction and rack up massive collateral damage penalties, or we're going to fracture internally and waste time on ego struggles that cost us points."
