<div style="background-color:#353535; border:1px solid black; margin:10px 10px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Vlad saying he doesn't know anything always comes as a mild shock to Ivan. It might be childish idolization, but he's as close to being a hero as Ivan can imagine. Even when he was younger and worried about bleeding, he felt like he could have told Vlad, and he would have done something about it. Because Vlad solves problems; stops it before it even <span style="font-style: italic">is</span> a problem, and Ivan admires him endlessly for that.<br/><br/>A sudden, hollow noise coming from Ivan's left side sends him scrambling to his feet, kalashnikov in his arms and ready to fire in the matter of seconds. He peers into the black, endless abyss in front of him. Unexplained noises are not uncommon at all, but every single one of them is always cause for alarm. Ivan's light green eyes flicker from side to side, terrified of missing even the slightest movement. "Do you think there's someone out there?"</div></div>