Before they could speak, argue, or complain, he waved his hand and extinguished their Life Fires. This sight struck the rest of them with another emotional impact.
The emotional impact was so heavy that they took a step back in fear. Because of it, if they didn't know before, now they knew that the situation was deadly serious.
In the past, Money Body would have come up with a way to turn the others on these unfortunate two. He would have found a way to wield public opinion to his advantage.
But for some reason, he didn't seem to care about what they thought. Or he cared only a little since he told them why he did what he did, but he didn't care about what they thought because he didn't allow room for a differing opinion.
