Eli only nodded to Marcus as he spoke, moving to put the other earbud in his ear as he focused. He turned the volume up and played with some of the pitch and bass sliders. His expression didn't change from seeming disgruntled, he leaned back and closed his eyes.
Max watched his friend as he seemed to relax, how could he do that? They were about to go into a-

Marcus' compliment caught him off guard, his face deepened in red colouration. "O..Oh!" He started with a small smile, "T...Thank you sir, that means a great amount coming from you!" His smile grew a little bit. "What... DO you think will be there?" He asked, thinking to himself.
"The others suspect some sort of artifact? Or even some hidden... [i]breeding[/i] ground." Max shuddered as he glanced to Eli, who seemed to make a disgusted face as if he could hear what Max was saying before his expression twisted to mild confusion, his hand moving to turn the recording back a few seconds, pausing it before he started to shift the pitch and sound.

"Whispering." Eli only said, his eyes still closed. He fell silent again after that as he moved to rewind the entire recording to listen to it again, as he had seemed to figure out the pitch to get a better sound.
Max looked to Eli as he mentioned whispering, he shivered a bit more before he looked back to Marcus. "What... What do we do if we find... Humans used as..." He trailed off, he couldn't think of a way to describe what the Aliens did to the humans they captured and figured out how to 'use' them in peculiar ways; unluckily for the Rise, no human had ever made it back to the base to get tested on.

The terrain suddenly became bumpy as the Vehicle got closer to its' destination, the drivers voice came through the radio above them.
[u]"Nearing the spot now boss, will stop a few miles away as to not cause any attention. Keep communications open in case we find trouble and need back up."[/u]