"Perhaps you could take the hit without wetting your pants, but you can't take a joke, I guess," Aion said. "Well, don't take it too seriously now... my bad."
"This is the first thing you say to your father after over a year without seeing him…" Lexus said. "Well, let's put that aside for now. Continue your training until noon. Then we will talk."
Georges and Elio didn't feel like sparing since they didn't want to lose to Aion. They still needed to mature a bit to understand that sparing wasn't about winning. It was about learning. Still, they learned a bit by observing.
After that, Aion went to talk with his father in his office. It didn't feel like he wanted to scold him for his joke. Regardless, the atmosphere was serious, so Aion could tell the topic.