What Joel said snapped them out a little bit, as Dyne tried to tell Iris that it was not appropriate for her to do so to Joel. After all, he was a young man and was not a child.
More so, touching someone else's legs was something that was extremely inappropriate to do for someone with high status like Iris.
"Luna, you need to stop this, you can't touch his legs. It is not right for you to lower yourself to…" Yet, Zephyr stopped mid sentence swallowing whatever words he was going to say when Iris simply threw him a dagger look, as if telling him to shut his mouth.
Receiving such a fierce look, no one of them dared enough to speak again, leaving Joel to deal with his dreadful feelings.
"Please, stop it, Luna…" Joel was way more concerned about the fact Iris touched his legs rather than these mysterious little lights that surrounded his legs now.
