The night continued uneventfully, Kael had for the first time in days a good night sleep. He didn't notice it at first, not paid attention to it when sleep began assaulting his senses that after so many days this was the only time he was going to sleep.
He only realized how exhausted he truly was when his body stopped arguing. No flinching at every creak in the hallway, no instinctive jerk at a distant shout, no counting the seconds between footsteps outside his door. The base still sounded like what it was, a broken building full of restless dead men pretending they were safe, but Kael's mind finally hit a wall. The kind of wall you only meet when you have spent too many days living on adrenaline and cheap decisions.
