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before the light faded and ate supper from the truck. Talk was very light within and between the two groups. Seige knew that everyone was indelibly stamping their roles in their mind. He went over and put his arm around Brock and walked him away from both teams.
“I’ve called everywhere I know, and there is no news about Matthew.”
“You think he’s dead?”
“The thought has crossed my mind, but he’s a grizzly bear in a fight. He’s probably still alive.”
“I hope he didn’t meet up with a bigger one.”
“The real reason I called you over here,” Seige pointed out, “is that I wanted to wish you luck. We’re about to head to the plane and I wanted you to know that no one can do this job better than you. So do what you need to do.”
“Thanks, I needed that. Make sure you hit the top of that building. Miss it and traffic will terrible.”
Both men shook hands and smiled.”
“Everyone over here.”
Seige summoned the entire force.
“I know you guys often talk about my training you too hard,
but you never complain to me. And I appreciate it because it breeds mutual respect. What can you say to someone who is always right there with you? Not much I guess.” My reasons for hard team training has to do with a theory of mine I call the reaction factor. Which is just plain fear: everybody experiences it, and uncontrolled it can be deadly. When we hesitate, do things slowly, or wrong, we die. We aren’t in a business where we re- ceive instant replays if our life is lost.
“Using that factor to our advantage is what generally guides us whenever we react to a situation or stimuli. What do you do when you are in a situation with no clue on how to react? When you burst into a room, you normally come out alive because we train so vigorously it becomes a conditioned reflex. Think of how you would react under the same circumstances without training.