Every trace of amusement instantly vanished from Lane's face at the sound of the voice, as if it had never been there to begin with. He stood motionless, not even throwing a single glance in the direction the voice came from, with hopes that if he didn't acknowledge the man, he wouldn't come over…
Hopes that were, obviously, futile.
"Guild Master!" Unlike Lane, Austin greeted Miles with a rather awkward smile. Had he just committed a blunder? And by blunder, he didn't mean confusing his daughters, but rather not recognizing Guild Master Allen's son and acting somewhat rude towards him… Then again, in his defense, until now, he hadn't had the slightest idea that Guild Master Allen had a son!
"A-ah! I thought you looked familiar!" he laughed, trying to cover up his mistake, and patted Lane on the shoulder. "You're a spitting picture of your father!"
