During Dakota's introduction of them as part of Nautica, he hadn't specified their exact identities. In fact, even Dakota himself was unaware of the full extent of Adrian and the others' strengths. Notably, Lamar was a formidable expert with immense power, and the likes of Cameron and the rest were equally formidable. With such outstanding individuals present, even someone as formidable as Josiah found the situation somewhat daunting.

Just as Adrian intervened to resolve Dakota's crisis, Josiah