The mood in the Hall changed further.
Ordinarily, Evian hadn't cared for being Astrid's proxy. He had simply seen it as a means to an end —The end being getting into Sacrosanct— but faced with Arlene's expression, he was forced to rethink.
With how much he had heard of the Arcane Church's desire to have Astrid in their ranks, why should he not use it to his advantage? Why should he not take advantage of possibly the only identity within the Martial Temple that the Arcane Church's higher-ups actually cared about?
Suddenly, he was much more than a rude youngster who spoke out of turn and approached one of their own without the slightest bit of decorum. He was now possibly a key— A way to get in contact with Astrid Renan.
Dolan glowered at Evian and in the realization that all attention was already shifting away from him, even worse when he had just given a powerful introduction of himself, he hurried to salvage the situation in his favor.
