Elora was a bit startled when Sigma tapped her shoulder during the briefing, but after she turned her head and saw it was her who did it Elora calmed down. Her presence helped soothe her emotions during Lorenzo's talk, and she was glad she didn't distance herself to keep a public image of a stoic soldier or anything. Antwon talked back to Lorenzo like she expected of the rude boy, and Elora recoiled a bit at how strongly the professor reacted to it. She was worried that he would actually break his shoulder, but little did the shy girl know that the worst was yet to come.

Then Lorenzo said something confusing, and Elora had trouble grasping what he said. [i]They failed the moment they started fighting? Did I misunderstand what the mission objectives were? He even warned against forming teams-[/i]
The realization hit her, and something started growing inside of her, an emotion she hasn't felt in a long time. It caused her heart rate to accelerate, and breathing to turn faster. Elora wondered if it was fear, but no; fear would make her legs shake, but this caused her legs to stand even firmer. And then she understood: she was angry. She was angry at the professor ordering them to fight each other, and then scold them for doing like he said. If there was some kind of lesson to be learned here Elora didn't learn it, and could only think of the suffering she went through in vain. 

Her anger however soon subsided when Lorenzo promoted Sigma to squad leader, and Elora calmed down. She wanted to congratulate her as soon as the briefing ended and took a few steps to follow after her, but before they left the room Ian spoke. There wasn't anything inherently wrong with what he said, at least that's how Elora thought, so it came all the more shocking when Lorenzo pulled out a gun and shot Ian down, causing her to scream: "Ian!" 
Any lingering anger Elora had was swept away in that moment, replaced by dread. She couldn't do anything but stare in horror as the bloodied boy was lying on the floor, Iskander using some kind of first-aid technique to help him. Utano took it even worse than she did, and ran away. She heard her scream somewhere, and felt pity towards her, not wanting her to go through this kind of stuff since she knew how badly she would take it. Elora wondered how she could take this so well herself, and didn't run away like she did. Maybe she was already getting desensitized to the senseless violence? That thought scared her a little bit.

While Ian was prepared to be taken to the med bay, Antwon passed by her, gave her a couple of pats, and said he was impressed by her. She was honestly happy about the positive reaction, and how it came from the most unlikely source considering how he treated her when they first met. She wasn't a burden, she was a part of the team like everybody else. She could yet be friends with everybody, even him...[i]one of these days,[/i] she added as a mental note. She decided that once she saw Ian safely escorted to the med bay she would change her clothes, meet up with Serah and Sigma, and congratulate her for her promotion.