"To think that I would end up helping you with this kind of stuff," Markus muttered, shaking his head. Yet, even though they were both already late for the meeting, he didn't utter a word of protest. What's more, looking for any signs of hints of annoyance or hurry on his face would be completely futile.
"I would never," Layn replied, keeping his eyes on the crucible in his hands. Even though he worked on the same thing for nearly the entire day, right now, he wasn't making stuff that had to be perfectly usable. Contrary to that, this was the first time for him to actually care about how the end result would look like. "Still, you are of great help," Layn said with no hesitation before biting his lips a little. "Thanks," he added after a short moment of silence.
