Alex experienced conflicting instincts between adhering to rank and order and confronting the unknown, highlighting the psychological struggle within the context of the Dulce base
Alex felt the tight grip of compliance strangle his gut, a lesson learned under the hard tutelage of rank and order. But here, in the bowels of Dulce, those instincts began to wane, the imperative to adhere now conflicting with the pressing urgency to confront the shadows they were enmeshed in.