"What!? No, that's..."
Oh no, Theo had misunderstood.
Damien wasn't sure exactly how Theo had misunderstood, but it was clear that Theo had completely gotten the wrong idea.
As Theo spoke, all the eyes in the room turned to Damien.
Everyone was either smiling or looking puzzled, but being stared at by more than ten people at once was still a lot of pressure…
"Um... what I was going to talk about at lunch was just asking Theo about how to live in this world from now on..."
It was just about discussing work and things like that. He didn't need to make it into such a big deal…
"Damien, could you please tell us a little more about the process that led you to think that way?"
When Damien thought they'd respond with something like, "Oh? Is that all?", instead, they all looked at him seriously and asked for more explanation.
But when it came to explaining how he arrived at his current thinking...
