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[u/cruel-caress → u/[deleted]]

Just rewatched it, and I can kind of see where you're coming from. Whether or not you can suspend disbelief is up to the person, but I've never really seen some people criticize this portion of the cutscene before.

Things I noticed:

-They weren't expecting Tita to show up and start blasting. That distraction pulled them from their original plan.

-Estelle wanted to act first, think later (like you're correctly led to believe her personality is) but Agate/Josh convince her to follow their plan.

-The time when you're thinking Josh/Estelle should be focusing on Russel, they're focusing on a kid who just showed up and has the attention of Jaegers. If anything, Estelle's rashness should have her taking the hit instead of Agate, and Josh (maybe) could have been the one to focus on securing Russel.

I think the fact that a child showed up when they weren't expecting it and was in danger of being shot takes more precedence over saving Russel. Agate has until now been adamant Tita does not interfere, she's a kid. So his attention is purely on saving her (for reasons later revealed, I think? I wont say them now just in case but they may be revealed in the first game).

Josh and Estelle are junior bracers as well. They didn't handle the new wrench thrown in their plans and didn't capitalize on saving Russel.

Edit: I guess it's also worth mentioning the priority of Tita over Russel makes sense considering Russel was never in danger of being killed. Tita, on the other hand, was not so from a priority standpoint the one most in danger is Tita. They kind of downplay the violence after the fact (The Jaegers scolding their comrade for potentially shooting a kid) which kind of dampens the blow but I think a point can be made of it.

Just my two cents, though. Some people probably won't buy those excuses.