"REX...!"
The four women all made sounds simultaneously, which was the compressed version of four different responses arriving at the same moment, followed by silence, and then Talyra was the first to speak.
"What the—" she said, and the word she did not finish was one she rarely used.
Rex remained still for a moment, lying on the paving stones as he stared up at the sky above the market district intersection.
He gave the moment the beat it needed. 'Yeah... he fucked up...'
All the bystanders looked shocked, witnessing Theo suddenly punch an innocent person like that. The rumors would spread quickly and could potentially tarnish the Nightwing household name.
As Rex contemplated the implications of the incident, he recognized that the fallout would reach far beyond the Nightwing family. Rex realized that the entire community would need to reassess their loyalties and beliefs, potentially disrupting the delicate peace they had established.
