Ves passed on the young prosperity tree to Gavin. In turn, Gavin passed it on to a bot to place it on a display.
Afterwards, Ves greeted the other Larkinsons who each congratulated him and presented him with gifts, most of which consisted of forgettable trinkets.
It was very hard to come up with a good present to someone who could outright buy the total assets of the Larkinson Estate several times over!
Still, they needed to express their sincerity in some way, so they decided to follow the same strategy as Benjamin by gifting presents that carried a symbolic or sentimental meaning.
The only problem with this was that Ves only cared for the sentiments of those he cared about in person. Just because he shared the same family name as them didn't mean he particularly liked them or appreciated their company.
Perhaps the most odious Larkinson Ves had met tonight was Raymond Billingsley-Larkinson.
