Escape[1].
"The President died!"
"The President died?!"
The soldiers that manned this vacation mansion and were tasked to defend the President with their life were in stunned disbelief. They first made the declaration, before questioning the declaration.
"The President died?!"
They were all stunned, speechless, shocked, and confused. Everything that happened was too fast for them to comprehend, it felt too unbelievable.
Getting the honor to be a part of the President's honor guard was the highlighting point of their careers as soldiers.
When they were appointed, they all felt ecstatic as their joy practically went through the roof. They originally thought that the assignment was an easy one, but now, perhaps due to a moment of negligence, the President was dead!
Death was a phenomenon that could not be reversed no matter how ridiculously developed the earth of the Sea King's imagination was.