Alex squeezed his eyes shut and rubbed his temple so furiously anyone would've thought he had a migraine.
Anything to prevent him from looking at the person in front of his right now.
Aegon sat opposite Alex with his arms folded, eyes half-lidded and expression nonchalant.
He'd just been sent to the principal's office for calling a teacher naive during a heated argument.
"I wasn't lying." Aegon said finally. "She is, in fact, as naive as a child."
"I need you to tone it down," Alex said, finally opening his eyes. "I get that you're having an existential crisis and whatever—"
"Don't do that," Aegon interrupted. "Don't downplay what's going on here... What's the next mission?"
"..."
He said nothing for a minute, trying to analyze if Aegon was serious, especially since he just had one last night.
