In the end, Rey had to concede.
Cyn'dy ended up sitting right next to him, completely shielding him from Lucielle.
Of course, to keep up appearances, he and Lucielle greeted each other, but there was a certain coldness to her words that made it clear that she was just being official with him—nothing more, nothing less.
'I guess she really doesn't like me fraternizing with Dragons… even though she's practically doing the same.' Rey thought this, but he also knew the difference between his own relationship with Dragons and hers.
'She's being tactical, while I'm being considerate.'
In the end, their motives and methods were different, even if the end result seemed to be the same.
'This can't keep going.' He made up his mind to somehow speak to Lucielle before the day ended.
There was only one major obstacle when it came to that.
