The question hung in the air, loaded with the banker's characteristic curiosity. Ren could feel the three boys' attention refocus on him too, probably hoping this would lead to more ammunition for their theories about his supposed expertise with girls.
The irony wasn't lost on him that he was seeking advice about apologizing to the very girls his classmates assumed he had some special understanding of. If they only knew how badly he had mishandled those relationships recently…
"Something like that," Ren murmured to not give any more information and changed the subject. "And I also need to tell you something about the golden spores for your cultivation... they're going to be impossible to obtain for a while."
The effect was immediate and dramatic.
Both Finch and Theodore clutched their chests and staggered backward as if they had received devastating hits.
"It can't be!" Finch exclaimed.
