When Wes spoke, those around him started coldly mocking him.
"When did we Texas Soulmancers ever need your protection?"
"Exactly, not very powerful, but quite the temper."
"We don't need your protection! Since it's come to this, whatever we do from now on, you have no right to intervene."
...
Even Darius scoffed, "The 13th Bureau only has Zoey with her Warrior God Constitution to boast about. The rest are just freeloading. Do they really think they're that important?"
Wes remained silent, but Jayce's face changed dramatically. He quickly reprimanded Darius, "Darius, what are you saying? Apologize to Deputy Director Wenzel right now!"
"Apologize? For what? I'm just stating the truth!" Darius, already at the peak of intermediate Soulmancer strength and thus slightly more powerful than Wes, didn't regard Wes highly.
