On the day of their departure, people woke up early from being nervous. But on the first morning in the Deathzone, Zein found out most people were still asleep when he woke up. Perhaps because they were fighting and moving non-stop yesterday, or perhaps because morning or night didn't have any difference under the dark cloud hindering the sky.
The only people he could see in the camp were the ones on breakfast duty--Kei--and Ron, who had used to live in the grey and black of this part of the world.
Normally, there would be people on night shift duty, but Bassena took it upon himself to be the first guardian, since he knew the others still needed some adjustment to the Deathzone. The man was probably having a walk around the camp, or checking the route they would take today.
Speaking about the route...
"When did you look for it?" Zein asked Ron first thing, not even with a good morning. "The route."