Smooth. Easy.
Almost too much so.
It didn't even seem like Theron had done anything special, but the two Mandate Leaderboard geniuses immediately sharpened as though unsheathed blades.
They saw things that the others didn't—things that the others might never have the right to see because their starting positions were simply too low.
"Not just one. Three Bronze Laws," Raan said slowly, the dullness in his eyes gaining a flicker.
"It seems your eyes are sharper than mine after all. I only saw one," Ippe let out a hearty laughter, as though he didn't care about the difference very much at all.
"I only saw one," Raan replied. "I reverse-engineered the other two through extrapolations."
These were probably the most words Raan had said in a single sitting. It was like he had forgotten his stoicism in his focus.
"Oh hoho," Ippe said with a chuckle. "Maybe I'm not so incompetent after all."
