Now, the earlier commotion had largely remained isolated, with most people simply trying to survive horrors of their own. But those words were so scathing that even the hardest-of-hearing master mechanics had undoubtedly caught them. Naturally, the entire lounge seemed to pause.
People stopped in the middle of throwing punches.
Hands froze with fistfuls of hair still clutched between their fingers.
Even those who'd been thoroughly committed to beating each other into submission instinctively turned toward the source of that declaration.
Nearly every adult present suddenly felt as though they'd been caught in the crossfire.
After all, almost everyone there besides the cadets was waaaaay older than Luca.
And what do you know?
Apparently, even while under the influence of a bloodline ability, being called old still managed to sting enough to call upon consciousness.
But the unusual and admittedly scandalous words hit Xavier with a different kind of shock.
