"Then yes," he acknowledges. "Days. At sea, though, it's different. Less chance of being directly overrun. More chance of suddenly finding yourself on a sinking ship."

The overall effect is similar, though. Exhausting, but you can't simply give in because you're tired. Endurance comes from trying to take moments like this to eat, to rest, to consider the next move. And it's far harder to be a leader in a situation like that than to be the one who simply has to wait and follow orders, but here they have no leader. The others seem to resist such an idea. For him, it's stressful. Disorganization leads to too many injured and lost. There's no plan, no goal except to survive for however long this lasts, if it ever ends at all.