Lucien pursed his lips, glancing once at Mrs. Vance and then at Dominic before mumbling softly, "Thank you. But Miles... with this matter blowing up so drastically, it will surely affect him..."
"Ignore him, he is hardly a decent person anyway." Mrs. Vance rolled her eyes, then looked at the young man before her, breaking into a fond smile: "People like him will never wake up unless they are taught a harsh lesson. As for you... whatever your true nature was before, just continue being exactly like that."
Lucien widened his eyes into perfect circles as he looked at the middle-aged woman in front of him. Meanwhile, Mrs. Vance casually ruffled his hair, her fingers briefly grazing his right ear that had long since lost its hearing. Lucien's eyes grew even wider, seemingly caught completely off guard by why she would touch his ear.
