Gunter managed to keep his neutral face on with Herzsprung looking at him for that short period. Though he had to admit this uneasy aura that she brought with her made it significantly harder to do that. Traudel's heavy breathing didn't help either... He wanted to reassure Traudel all would be fine, but that would be a blatant lie.
Stahl started sweating heavily... His face pale white. He knew Admiral Herzsprung's infamous reputation. He knew perfectly well what "a lesson in consequence".
It was too late for him to crawl back now... The die had been cast. It was all or nothing. "I...I will not go down for this! You will all pay!" He raised his gun towards the Admiral.
Meanwhile, Gunter looked at everyone's faces. The confusion.. but mostly fear reigning on them. Even Nina who was so tough this whole time got silenced by the Admiral's presence! What he noticed the most was Flotenkapitan Stahl sweating heavily. Then he heard him shouting and saw his gun arm raised! Without thinking he rushed towards the unexpecting Stahl and slammed him against the wall. "Nein!" Gunter shouted. Desperately trying to hold his gunarm to the ground. He wouldn't be able to hold long though. Stahl was way heavier and bulkier than him.
