Ray was actually much more helpful than I had given him credit for.
While the rest of us were leaving for home, he pulled me aside to show me something on his phone.
A five-minute action-filled compilation of the footage he had shot during our harrowing journey through the Noctveil Wilds.
He seemed to have taken only our best moments and masterfully spliced them together with an epic orchestral theme playing in the background.
It looked less like a survivor's record and more like a trailer for a blockbuster movie. Which, it kind of was.
"What's this?" I asked, amused and amazed in equal measure.
"A little teaser for when I'll release the vlogs on my channel," he smirked. "But for now, it's going to work as our campaign ad. I'll make it go viral within hours. So by the time the Mock War starts, our enemies will be forced to re-evaluate us and our allies will be completely reassured that they backed the winning side."
