When Kennedy lighted from the carriage and met Armando, there was nothing but relief on his face and in his eyes. He reached out to shake with one hand and lightly grasp the security supervisor's arm with the other. "Thank you," he said with genuine gratitude in his voice. Kennedy had never had much interpersonal contact with Armando and most of the interactions with any type of security in his life had been of the 'being dragged away' kind but at that moment he could only feel that they connected on some level. The man's willingness to let him help was a bright side in an otherwise dark catastrophe.<br/><br/>"I'm sure we can do this with as little insanity as possible if we want to," he said reassuringly. He did want to and felt confident he could do so with Armando's backing. As Armando headed off to handle his next issue, Kennedy saw to helping the next group into the carriage. He reassured them, answered the questions that he could, and promised they could work the rest out when everyone was together. "It looks like they took everyone's personal effects to the gate, but I promise if something's not there, I'll see to finding out where it is..."<br/><br/>He saw the carriage off with a sigh. His face held confidence and resolve, but inside he was a roiled ball of anxiety and fear. It wasn't lost on him what his position had just become. He'd asked for responsibility and it had been given. Before he could get too far into his head over it, he felt a light touch on his arm. He looked over and downward to see Anise Reed. Her words came more quickly than he could register them. Had he even heard her right? His brow furrowed and his glance jerked to the door that Armando had just disappeared through. He looked back to Anise.<br/><br/>"Brian? Why?" She'd already said but he was still processing it. He put his hands on her shoulders leaning in with the gravity of his emotions. "Anise, can you and Ezra help people here at the carriage? I<i>have</i>to talk to Armando..." He was already deligating the job he'd just been given, but what Anise just told him demanded more answers.<br/>He found Armando outside the infirmary with his friends Rachel and Tobias but the scene spoke of some kind of scuffle. As he approached he could see the raw anger on Rachel's face, Tobias trying to bring her back around, and Armando's red cheek and scratches.<br/><br/>"No, no, no...." he hurried over not knowing the full situation, but keenly aware that whatever had gone down wasn't going to help. "Rachel, Rachel, love," he tried to get through to her too. "I know this is bad, but people need you. You and Tobias." He tried to appeal to their empathetic natures. "At the shuttle point and down at the gates. And I need to talk to Armando about what happened after I was gone." he finished, giving Armando the indication of what he had come for.