Everyone stood together as a group, facing the two individuals opposite them.
Lysara wore a casual expression, while Garrick sat awkwardly, clearly out of place.
"Are you sure you don't want to train in any of the extraction processes, Miss Lysara and Sir Garrick? It would help the group," Theo spoke out loud, his tone a little blunt this time, letting his true feelings show.
He could already tell that the others found it unfair too, that these two were doing nothing while everyone else had prepared themselves to contribute at least one thing.
"We don't need any freeloaders," Merek added with a click of his tongue, drawing even more stares.
Garrick's panic seemed to have doubled under the pressure.
Lysara, on the other hand, looked at everyone with a plain expression. She rose casually from her seat and walked toward Theo, stopping just a short distance away.
Theo looked down at the girl, waiting for an answer, but instead saw her slowly raise her hand toward his.
