Rex said. "Huh? I didn't mean to mock you or anything."
"What I did was the right thing to do based on the information I had at the time," he said.
Rex replied, "I'm sure it was," and the way he said it was completely neutral with a little hint of sarcasm.
"Alright, that's enough now, honey." Elizabeth put her hand on Alexander's arm. "Rex is on the team for tomorrow."
Alexander looked at her, then at Rex again.
"Is he?" he said.
"He's the reason I'm confident we can retrieve the artifact and bring Aurelia's group back," Elizabeth said. "I need you both on this mission."
Alexander looked at Rex with the assessment expression, which was rerun with the additional information that Rex was going to be in the field with him.
"That's an impressive record for a student with a lot of luck," Alexander said again, but this time it was different. "I want to see it before I trust it."
Rex stared at him.
"You want to spar," Rex said.
