The administration hall was dead silent. Elder Jing could hear her own breathing as she felt tensed around Tony.
Julie and Tony sat across from Elder Jing, waiting. Julie continued to stare at the entrance for her sister. But Tony kept his eyes on Elder Jing.
He hadn't stopped staring since Lily left.
Julie was fairly confident her sister would return with Sword Peak Master Ronin and solve everything out. What she was less confident about was Tony's ability to sit still and do nothing for the next ten minutes without making the situation significantly worse.
Elder Jing, for her part, had discovered that maintaining a dignified, professional expression was considerably harder when someone was watching you with the focused patience of a person who had already decided how things were going to end.
She shifted in her chair... Shuffled a paper... Looked at the wall.
Tony didn't move.
