Ollie prayed for salvation the entire time they walked from the dorm to the guild base.
But it wasn't just him, for two mountain giants were roped in accidentally after catching strays.
First, Jax had mistakenly maintained eye contact with the petite yet intimidating Marquise Julienne and found himself promptly terrorized into compliance by those unnerving smiles. Next, Kyle made the tactical error of glancing over at Ollie precisely when he was making frantic, pleading gestures for help.
It was pitiful. But more importantly, they were pitiful, as that was how they ended up practically parading towards their base.
See, Ollie actually offered to go straight into the space, but was rejected when the Marquise insisted on going through the entire process.
If anything, she needed to see if the place would even hold up against attacks and if these kids even considered security.
