In the corner of the room, the three Tathamet siblings were hidden behind a veil of magic as they watched Malachi get back up and start his training all over again.
"Thank god, I thought they were going to fuck for a second." Belloc sighed in relief when Anna pulled Sei and Camille out of the way so that Mal could work with no interruptions.
"I'm kind of disappointed that they didn't. This would have given me an opportunity to leave and go find my cute little sunflowers." Thea swooned.
"Those girls don't even like you."
"I'm sorry, what was that, you fucking cockroach?"
"N-Nothing, sis..."
"That's what I thought."
Apophis had been casually leaning against the wall the entire time; just watching Mal reach his realization.
"You know, you could have told him that the key to figuring out this whole thing was in refinement. It might've saved him some time."