Around them, cameras subtly shifted position. A pair of paparazzi adjusted their angles while one of the streamers lowered his voice into excited commentary for his audience.
The Reeves sisters. Same event. Rival companies.
Exactly the kind of industry moment the media loved.
Lily appeared entirely unbothered by the attention. If anything, she seemed mildly entertained by it.
"I also heard," she continued lightly, "that my younger sister made your life unusually difficult over the past few weeks."
Her eyes moved toward Vivian with surgical calm.
"Dormitory inspections, I believe. Expulsion attempts. And apparently a rather theatrical demand involving kneeling."
Vivian maintained her composure with visible discipline.
"And now," Lily said, turning back to Stan, "for you two to attend this place together there have to be something going on."
A slight pause.
"I have to admit," she said thoughtfully, "there's a certain symmetry to that outcome I find deeply satisfying."
