"It happened all of a sudden. I was surprised when the trigger finally went off. Was this a part of your plan too, Zeno?" Mark had taken to visit the rebellion office for additional information. Now that the first part of the plan had gone without a hitch, people had become looser in their view of Mark.
But the biggest change had been seen with Alan and the members. Previously shunned, now different fractions among the rebellion approached the teen to recruit him to their side.
As a lump of fresh meat, most people thought that they could sweet-talk him to their side and discard him when they did not need him. A rather foolish thought since Mark was sure that Alan could run laps around them with his words alone.