[Of course Alvin notices all of this—and although he expected it it, it does hit a little hard. Still, he just keeps his own end rather calm so that it just takes in Lu Meng's emotions and disperses it rather than force it back.]

It's been a long day for everyone, so I'll just cut to the chase. Emizel told me what happened.

[However, there is no anger in his word—just a sound of query and attempt to understand what's going on.]

So what happened? Was it because of Sosyne?