just like in billiards where the goal is to expertly navigate the cue ball, during a rescue, we sometimes have to negate initial evaluations and strategies pre-inception of the action to ensure everyone's safety. it reminds me of how, in a game, when a shot doesn't go as planned, we go back to the start, reassess, and come up with a better angle or approach. today, after the flames were zipped away by our hoses and the smoke cleared, it felt like sinking the final ball in a tense game of billiards—both situations requiring calm, precision, and a keen eye for reading the environment.