"Get out…"
"Honey--"
"All of you, please step out," Rhyner quickly rephrased his thoughts and changed his attitude, but he maintained a soft glare on Oli, whose shadow was now concealing Vloz. "Wait outside and I'll call you back in momentarily, after I've had a moment to think. But don't try anything…"
Jarrit was the first to move in response, holding the door open for everyone else. Yet he too was baffled by Rhyner's unforetold shift in attitude. While everyone else was stepping out, Jarrit asked, "Rhyner, do you--"
"Not now, Jarrit… I'll explain afterward."
"Okay…"
Getting everyone out of the room only took about a minute, but the stress hidden under Rhyner's faint smile stretched that minute longer and longer. Only after the door shut did Rhyner feel some sort of ease wash over him.
