✦ SQUAD ENGINE ✦

no one survives alone

the pattern repeats

tension
trust
teasing

this is the engine

they argue
they wound
they laugh

and stay

misbehavior keeps the system alive
a broken rule becomes oxygen

hope without humor burns out
humor without hope collapses

together
they endure

every squad carries the same roles
leader
shadow
mind
heart
memory

none complete
all required

the mission is never the mission

it is the excuse

to stay together

to survive each other

to become something
no one could hold alone

even when they break

the pattern returns

in new forms
new names
same pulse

the truth is simple

you don’t fight the dark

you bring someone with you

and laugh

just enough

to keep moving