[ a battle? which battle? had he sent yasusada's team out..? but perhaps it's an issue of time, their points in the timeline not quite matching up. that's an option, at least, especially if the spirit hadn't been with his team when he'd arrived here.

he can't think about those kinds of complex calculations right now. they have to figure out where they are first, don't they? and what this is, and how they got here, and how to get home. if any of it's even possible.

he takes a careful breath, releases it slowly, trying to find something like his usual calm. yasusada relies on him to know what to do, after all, and to have reasonable orders for him. ]

First, [ he says after a moment, ] we're going to sit down, and you're going to let me take a look at your injuries. Once I'm satisfied, we'll try to find anyone else. If we're here, it stands to reason that we're not the only ones, after all.