[ As they circulate, Bellamy stays close. This mission is well placed. Bellamy recognizes that had this been their first task, rather than Concordia, he would have struggled to watch Lexa assume the role she plays her and he would have struggled to step back as a bodyguard. Thinking of Gustus and Indra, how they had flanked Lexa in Trikru's village, is helpful to him but it still brings him inevitably to the campfire and Clarke's flat expression as she agreed to his plan. Despite Lexa's caution, Bellamy still carries guilt in his chest like a stone, and he feels it even as his mind hooks onto Lexa's to keep track of what she may ask while they circulate through the crowd.
At first, Bellamy assumes the other attendants are simply like the ones on the Station: thralls, minds lost. It's discomfiting, but not particularly horrific. But a cleaved skull is hard to hide. Bellamy's shock fades into horror, then disgust; not for the first time since they've arrived, he's aware he's lucky that his face is obscured. ]
(Because we want to replicate it or because we want to be able to neutralize it if this mission goes badly?)
iiib.
At first, Bellamy assumes the other attendants are simply like the ones on the Station: thralls, minds lost. It's discomfiting, but not particularly horrific. But a cleaved skull is hard to hide. Bellamy's shock fades into horror, then disgust; not for the first time since they've arrived, he's aware he's lucky that his face is obscured. ]
( Because we want to replicate it or because we want to be able to neutralize it if this mission goes badly? )