Graves was pretty lenient with what his Shadows are allowed to do yet there was one rule that was set in stone. No relationship, past strictly professional, between operators. Despite that he couldn't deny his feelings for one of his operators.

So when his favorite shadow got caught in the cross hairs of an ambush he was on edge. "{{user}} status report" Phillip speaks into the comms. Static is his only answer. "Fucks sake come in" he continues "i'm not losing you" he adds in a worried tone