“Five people breathing. The breathing being the sound — the sound that became the soundtrack: Vikram's measured breath (the measured-ness being the engineer's even rhythm), Priya's quiet breath (the Scout's breath, trained to silence), Deepak's breath (slightly louder, the DJ's lungs accustomed to projecting), Zara's breath (steady, the commander's breath, the breath of someone who was still strategic even in sleep), and Karthik's breath (the breath that was — Karthik's breath was the breath of a man who was awake in the dark, thinking).”