[Leo does bring up some good points. Donnie sighs a little, letting himself lean against his brother again.]

I mean...I guess we can't deny it was a collaborative effort.

I don't think any of us would've managed in there alone. And as terrible as everything was combined...the outcome could have been drastically different if there'd even been one person less.

[Slowly he eases his eyes open again, staring at the blank wall just beside the open doorway that looks so deceptively empty now.

In some odd way they'd balanced each other out. True, a lot of it was in desperation, but...it counts for something.]

For the record, I vote for less extreme team-building exercises from now on.