"You really William Mitchell's daughter?"
"Yes."
Bennett stared at the track.
"My brother hated your father."
Sarah went still.
"What?"
Bennett looked up.
There it was.
The thing she'd seen when he looked at the photograph.
"My older brother, Daniel."
Sarah searched the name.
Nothing.
"He was in one of your dad's courses."
"When?"
"About nine years ago."
Sarah waited.
Bennett said, "He got dropped."
Sarah's expression remained neutral.
"From the course?"
"From the pipeline."
"Why?"
Bennett laughed.
"You don't know?"
"No."
"He failed an evaluation your father designed."
Sarah folded her arms.
"People failed Dad's courses."
"Daniel didn't just fail."
Bennett looked away.
"He was removed from the unit."
Sarah watched him.
"That's why you've been doing this?"
Bennett didn't answer.
"Because of my father?"
"I didn't know you were his daughter when I got here."
"But you figured it out."
"Third day."
"How?"
"Your last name."
Sarah almost laughed.
"Mitchell isn't rare."
"Your hometown was on the roster."
That made more sense.
William had lived in Fayetteville for most of Sarah's teenage years.
Bennett continued.
"I asked someone."
Sarah stared.
"So the comments about quotas."
Bennett looked ashamed.
She understood.
"Those weren't about me."
He said nothing.
"They were for him."
"My brother was one of the best men I ever knew."
Sarah nodded.
"Okay."
"You don't understand."
"Then explain."
Bennett's jaw tightened.
"Daniel came home after your father's course and wasn't the same."
Sarah listened.
"He'd trained his whole career for that assignment."
Bennett rubbed both hands together.
"He passed everything physical."
"Then what happened?"
"He froze."
Sarah's face changed.
Bennett saw it.
"You do know."
"I know what kind of evaluation Dad used."
Bennett laughed coldly.
"Of course."
Sarah ignored the tone.
"What did Daniel tell you?"
"That Mitchell set him up."
"How?"
"He put him in an impossible scenario."
Sarah waited.
Bennett continued.
"Daniel had to choose between completing the mission and helping an injured teammate."
Sarah looked toward the fog.
She knew the test.
William called it Split Road.
Candidates were given conflicting priorities under exhaustion.
There was no perfect answer.
That was the point.
"What did Daniel choose?"
"The mission."
Sarah nodded.
Bennett stepped closer.
"He completed the objective."
"I believe you."
"And your father failed him."
Sarah looked at him.
"Not for choosing the mission."
Bennett laughed.
"That's what everyone says."
"What happened after?"
Bennett's expression changed.
Sarah knew.
"Did he go back?"
Silence.
"Cole."
Bennett stared at her.
"He completed the objective."
Sarah waited.
Bennett looked down.
"He never went back."
"For the teammate?"