The expanded party gathered that evening for what Dante called a "strategic alignment session."
In practice, it was a chance for everyone to understand each other, to establish the bonds and shared expectations that would keep them alive on higher floors. They pushed the furniture in their suite's common room aside, creating a space where all six of them could sit facing each other. Leon's team, now fully integrated, sat with the same posture of anticipation as the core members.
"Let's start with what everyone brings to the table." Dante stood at one end of the room with a rough diagram of party roles spread before him on a crystalline surface that served as a table. "Not just combat abilities, but talents, knowledge, connections, everything that might help us survive the floors ahead."
